Entry ID: 1640
Institution: San Juan County Historical Society
Medium(s): Audio
Access: Contact Institution
Narrator: Gerald Swanson; James Bell; Fred Andersen
Date: April 19, 1979
Location Tags: Silverton, San Juan County
Topic Tags: None
Description: ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE-GROWING UP IN SILVERTON- IN SEARCH OF THE SIGNAL. Participants discuss the long, strenuous and difficult attempts to bring reliable television reception to Silverton in the late 1950s. Discussion was illustrated with color slides from their respective collections, most taken on Boulder Mountain and Hazelton Ridge. During the search for a reliable signal and the attempt to erect dependable equipment for the relay of the signal, with references to and background remarks from Leon Griner. "Across the Great Divide" was planned in 1976 by Irene Epp, then Director of the Silverton Public Library, The San Juan County Commissioners, the San Juan County Historical Society, and San Juan Regional Planning Commission. The series of nine weekly programs was designed to promote discussion regarding the planning of future development in San Juan County. The first four meeting were concerned with history of the county during its first century. Sessions five thru eight focused on current issues. The final session was a summing up of the issues addressed throughout the county. Each program involved local residents, humanities scholars and technical experts.
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