Richard Carroll Collection
The Richard Carroll Collection is one part of History Colorado’s CWA Pioneer Interviews. This was a project where the State Historical Society of Colorado (now History Colorado) received Civil Work Administration funds in the 1930s and paid people to travel around the state and gather stories from pioneers who were then still living. Richard Eaton Carroll (1901-1987) was the interviewer for Chaffee County.
Martha R. Mahon and John E. Paul’s statement and Elizabeth Harrington’s ‘Story of a Pioneer Woman’ appeared in Under the Angel of Shavano by George G. Everett and Dr. Wendell F. Hutchinson. Carroll may have also used these statements to write ‘The Founding of Salida, Colorado,’ which appeared in Under the Angel of Shavano, but was originally written for Colorado Magazine, July 1934, Vol. XI, No. 4.
The Richard Carroll Interviews:
John Burrell Freighting in the Early Days
J.A. Closs Early History of the Cottonwood Mining District
Richard Evans Early Days in Browns Canon and Vicinity
Elizabeth Harrington Story of a Pioneer Woman
An Interesting Letter from a Busy Locality
Myra Nelson Founding of a New Home
E.E. Ohmert Story of a Pioneer Boy
There are many more Pioneer Interviews from around Colorado available at History Colorado.