S.1 Ep.5: Medicine & Health by History Colorado

Hear how women and men practiced medicine in Colorado during the 1880s and 1890s.

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Echoes from The Collection is a 15-minute historical drama that takes the listener back to the golden age of radio. The first season features dramatic readings drawn from the Civil Works Administration (CWA) Pioneer Interviews that were conducted by New Deal historians in the 1930s. Stories of traveling with baby chicks on a wagon train, community dances held in general stores, and attending school in a sod building will delight and engage listeners.

The transcripts included in this episode are:
PAM.358.14, First Drug Store, Routt County
PAM.357.15, Rose Annetta Reed Israel, Montrose County
PAM.359.28, Dr. John Grass, Las Animas County
PAM.360.108, Mrs. Mary L. Lamb, Otero & Montezuma Counties
PAM.345.9, Madam Hamp, El Paso County

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