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Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, 2022 Western Places | Western Spaces Conference, Growth & Change in the West: Adapting Sustainably

Child Ballad

Mr. Jenkins was born in Selma Alabama in 1912. He recounts his involvment with the 4CL civil rights issues in Omaha in the 1960's and as a member of the School Board.

Mr. Mackey enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1965. He recounts his experiences at school and in the corporate world after graduating.

Ms. Calloway grew up in Denver CO and worked in Washington D.C. She relates her involvement in civil rights activities from the 1940s through the 1960s and in the creation of the Great Plains Black…

Ms. Kirtley was born in Kansas in 1896. She recounts her experiences living in Lincoln NE starting in 1923.

Interview with Mimi Vigil from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.

Interview with Lionel Rivera from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.

Interview with Clayton Banta from the Pikes Peak Library District Oral History Project

Sherrill King talks about her smokejumper training experiences at the Redmond Oregon smokejumper base and her experiences as a rookie jumper which included initiations. She also discusses the…

Wendy Kamm discusses being one of the first three women smokejumpers at the Missoula Montana base in 1982. She describes the training and the injuries she sustained and compares fighting fires in…