Life of a Routt County Coal Miner: Bill Lee
Title
Life of a Routt County Coal Miner: Bill Lee
Creator
Scott Sis
Chad Whitmore
Date
1988-01
Description
Bill Lee talks about his experience working in Routt County mines, his memory of the Wadge Mine explosion, as well as his time in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His wife Lorene Lee talks about raising a family in a close knit mining community.
Subject
Depressions--1929--united states
United states--navy
Coal miners--colorado--history
Pearl harbor attack on 1941
Coal miners
Coal mines and mining
Colorado--routt county
Colorado--social life and customs--20th century
Coal mines and mining--colorado--history
Dust bowl era 1931-1939
Mount harris--history
Coal mines and mining--colorado--personal narratives
Issue #24, Winter 1988 - Three Wire Winter Collection
Scott Sis
Chad Whitmore
William Earl “Bill” Lee, Jr
Elizabeth Bonduel “Baby Doe” (McCourt)Tabor
Edith Lorene “Lorene” (Harper) Lee
Marlyn (Lee) Ary
Albert Theodore Baierl
Pinnicle-Kemmer Company
Victor American Fuel Company
Colorado-Utah Coal Company
United States Navy
United Mine Workers of America
Eastern Coal Company, LLC
Mount Harris School District
The Great Depression
World War II
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Wadge Mine Explosion
Source
Plains to Peaks Collective
Language
English
Relation
Type
text
Collection
Citation
Scott Sis and Chad Whitmore, “Life of a Routt County Coal Miner: Bill Lee,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 12, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/33590.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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