Arline Moehrke for Colorado Reflections

Arline Moehrke reflects on her life in Rocky Ford and Cripple Creek and growing up on a farm. Father was known as a machine man in the gold mines using a jackhammer to drill holes for dynamite to blast. Moehrke discussed the impact of World War I on mining towns. Moehrke discusses the Cripple Creek fire department mining history of the town the flu epidemic of 1918 and the Tramway strike in Denver in 1920.