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29) Shirley Welch
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Shirley Welch authored, The Life and Times of Frank Doll, a biography dedicated to the remarkable Eagle County local historian, rancher and storyteller. Welch was the 2009 recipient of the Nimon-Walker Award from the Eagle County Historical Society; the award honors outstanding contributions to Eagle County history. Welch has authored two other local histories, Vail: the First 50 Years and The Eagle River Valley, both published by Arcadia Publishing,...
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She was born to Charlie Cody and Ida (Still) Cody in Oberlin, Kansas. At birth, her family lived in a sod house. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a homemaker. She had five brothers and sisters. She grew up in Decatur County, Kansas. She attended school through the eighth grade. She wanted to become a nurse but her father would not allow her the extra training, because she was needed on the farm.
She married Clyde Rodney Johnson, a farmer,...
31) Rasta Stevie
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Rasta Stevie has been surfing and living in Costa Rica for 5 years and returned to Durango, Colorado 3 years ago to raise his son in mountain ski culture as well as tropical paradise. Stevie, Stumpfilms and the Telluride Dirtbag Ski Posse is partly responsible for many firsts in mountain culture. Stevie made his own original red, gold and green ski gators in 1982 inspiring his nick name Rasta Stevie. The ski culture in the early eighties in Telluride...
