This I Remember

On this episode of This I Remember, Marge Valesky and Mary Ferguson discuss the establishment of Sopris Park in downtown Carbondale. Valesky arrived in Carbondale in 1954, and by 1967 she was deeply involved in those efforts. Listeners will also learn what used to be where Carbondale's 7-Eleven is now (spoiler: no roundabout, gas station, or even CO-133), and plenty about how scary the roads and bridges in town used to be in winter.

Brad Hendricks had a long and deep involvement with both the operational and administrative sides of Mountain Fair in its 1970s infancy. He appeared on This I Remember in July of 1989 to recall the Fair's early days.

Horst Eibersburg was an articulate Austrian hippie walking through the mountains with his donkey, Spatz. He appeared on Mary Ferguson's This I Remember on KDNK in 1990.

Anna Johnson and Kathy Yajko are the authors of The Elusive Dream, a history of some of the local coal mines. They appeared on This I Remember in May of 1985.

Born into a pioneering Missouri Heights family, and married into a pioneering Carbondale family, Betty Debeque had a firsthand experience of early Carbondale history.

The late Mary Ferguson has a converstion with KDNK's former Music Director about a trip to Greece he took. For longtime KDNK listeners, these will be…

The Late LaVada Sloan was a long time resident of Carbondale. All three of her children grew up here in Carbondale, and she was friends of Mary Ferguson.…

In 1984, the late Mary Ferguson recorded an interview with a man named Elmer Bair. But, the tape did not work on the radio, so Mary and the late Frank…

This is part of a conversation between Ruth Cato and Eddis Fender recorded on Memorial Day Weekend 1987. Thank you to the Carbondale Historical Society…

This is a conversation between the late Mary Ferguson and longtime Carbondale resident Rusty Burtard. Thank you to the Carbondale Historical Society for…