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StoryCorps on KVNF

StoryCorps, the national oral history project, visited Montrose and Paonia in late summer 2009.  This is our archive of StoryCorps interviews recorded in Montrose and Paonia broadcast on KVNF.  These interviews were recorded by StoryCorps and produced by KVNF.

 

 

  

 


Gabby George

Gabby George grew up on Fruitland Mesa near Crawford, and has lived in Delta County his whole life.  He retired this year after a more than forty year career in public works in Hotchkiss and Crawford. He has had a second career as an auctioneer.  He spoke about it with StoryCorps facilitator Sara Culver.

 
 

Dasha Virden and Phillip Virden

Dasha Virden is seventeen years old and was adopted from an orphanage in Russia in 1994. She spoke about her adoption with her adoptive father, Phillip Virden. They live in Lake City.


Peter Felde and Drake Pulliam

Peter Felde and Drake Pulliam met through the Partners mentoring program when Peter was 12.  Five years later, Peter is 17, and Drake is now Peter's boss at Drake's restaurant in Ridgway.  They both live in Ridgway.

StoryCorps visit to the KVNF area was sponsored by:

  • Southwest Hearing Services
  • High Country News
  • Hotchkiss/Crawford Historical Society
  • Powderhorn Industries
  • Big B's Juice
  • Lasting Impressions
  • Blue Sky Inn
  • Paonia Public Library
  • Montrose Public Library
  • Anonymous KVNF Members

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