A Street Dealer There was a tremendous demand for drugs in the ‘60s, and the street dealers addressed that demand and filled a vacuum in the market. It was a high-risk business with small profit margins. Students at the University of Colorado and Boulder High School were some of their major customers. The person in […]
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Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with Ken McKenna in 1985
Ken McKenna I’ve been told that you were on The Hill during the infamous riot. What do you remember about the riot? It was more of a drunken brawl than a political protest. It was more of a conflict between the cops and the street people. It was propagated because they closed the bars down […]
Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with Steve Miles in 1985
Steve Miles I was born in Boulder on November 7, 1948. I went through Sacred Heart School in 1963 and graduated in 1966. In 1967 I sort of went to college and started in with the hip scene and then dropped out. I was busted in Boulder in 1967. It was one of the […]
Oral History of Boulder in the 1960’s interview with former County Commissioner and City Councilman Paul Danish in 1986
Paul Danish This interview is with Paul Danish, former City Councilman and author of the Danish growth-limitation ordinance, AKA the Danish Plan. Contrary to the revisionist history of the local newspapers, it was not the City Council that implemented growth-limitation. Paul Danish was forced to put the issue on the ballot to get the growth-limitation […]
An Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with a drug dealer who preferred to remain anonymous
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Ken Kesey called LSD a “gift of the gods.” Psychedelics were as much a part of the Boulder scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s as head shops and eight track tape players. A Separate Reality written by Carlos Castenada was one of the most widely read books by students […]
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