Southwest Colorado Oral Histories

Entry ID: 449

Institution: Center of Southwest Studies

  • Website: swcenter.fortlewis.edu
  • Contact Emails: Staff List
  • Phone: 970-247-7456
  • Medium(s): Transcript

    Access: Restricted (no release), Contact Institution

    Narrator: Ethel Hawkins Paulek

    Date Unknown

    Location Tags: La Plata County

    Topic Tags: None

    Description: Mail carriers--Colorado--La Plata County; Postmasters--Colorado--La Plata County; Breen (Colo.)--History; About Narrator: Account by the donor's mother (Ethel Hawkins Paulek) of her experiences. Also, a photocopy of a picture of Ethel Paulek when she carried the mail by horseback, and a photocopy of a page listing the postmasters for Breen, 1901-1954. All four pieces of paper are being retained together in the Ethel Paulek oral history folder.; Collection:U004: Southwest Oral History ; Notes:Reminiscences. The first mail carrier in the Hesperus - Fort Lewis -Hay Gulch -Pleasant View - Breen - Content area of La Plata County, Colorado, for nearly three years starting in the spring of 1901.; There is both a interview # 4 listed in both U002 and U004, however, the physical cassette located in box 1 of oral history collection is the interview with John A. Admas, above. The U004 finding aid staes there are 0 cassettes and 2 pages of a transcript. Removed to "Transcript Only" tab. -GHG 1/14/2021

    Last updated January 30, 2025