In 2010 Eric Malmborg was cleaning out a closet, and came across a tape that he made of an interview of Bulah and ranch hand Al Nelson in 1978. It is nearly an hour long, and has been broken into 9 contiguous segments.
The veracity of some of the statements, like the presence of grizzly bears and wolves on the ranch, cannot be guaranteed.
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1. Dillon dam, Boulder Lake dam, the original cabin on the ranch, the sawmill
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2. winter work, building the cabins, deer, root cellar, haying, horses
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3. Al Nelson bio: dam building, ski area construction, Blue Valley ranchers, death of young Hill, Cripple Creek mines and bars, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, East Riverside avalances kill 17 one year, snow two-hundred feet deep
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4. Curt and Sharon's wedding pictures, Al's rodeo experiences, breaking horses at the ranch, hunters and horses
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5. Overhunting reduces deer population, wilderness area creation, keeping riff-raff from Pebble Creek, wolves at the ranch
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6. Problem bears, grizzly bears at the ranch, lambs taken by bears and mountain lion, animal control officer
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7. Beavers
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8. Wolverines in Colorado
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9. Hunting, packing, dressing, and cooking deer, problem bear, banana bread
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