ENDA MILLS KILEY. Summary of OH0357. Recorded on September 25, 1987. The interviewer is Kay Negash.

[A].

000 Born in 1919. Her father, Enos Mills, was born in Kansas; early years in Colorado; cabin.

051 1886 – Her father went to Butte, Montana; worked in mine every winter for several years; traveled into every state; surveyor.

100 1901 – He bought Elkanah Lamb Ranch to bring people to enjoy the beauty of Colorado; started Longs Peak Inn; ecology, healthy food, nature walks.

150 Colorado Snow Observer; snowman.

170 Teddy Roosevelt appointed him to give talks about conserving trees; 1909 - ran post office.

195 1909 - began campaigning for Rocky Mountain National Park; accomplished this September, 1915; logging Interests, mining interests, cattle and sheep farmers.

243 Bitter fight; traveled nation-wide urging people to make parks.

278 - Created nature guiding; sharpened observation skills.

295 Method of study: looked at "personality" of flower, plant, animal.

313 Books - written for Journals' feelings of natural experiences.

328 Philosophy of conservation; man ahead of his time; environmentalist; enjoying nature.

358 Went up Longs Peak around 300 times.

374 Purpose of Enda's life: to keep Enos Mills' philosophy alive.

385 Mother (Esther) and Aunt (Elizabeth Burnell) became first women licensed as nature guides in National Park.

428 1918 - Enos married Esther.

440 Enos died in 1922; his books.

463 Enda and husband work so that people will know about Enos. 507 John Muir's friendship with Enos Mills.

541 1922 died of an infected tooth.

560 Famous people came to Inn; used fire-killed trees to build (Longs Peak) Inn. Enda Mills Kiley.

616 Big Horn Sheep.

687 Blue Bird friends.

707 Grizzly Bears.

[B].

645 Grizzly Bears.

769 Enda's life at Enos Mills' cabin.

834 In 1973, cabin was put on the Historic Register.

871 1985 celebrated 100 years of the cabin.

888 Historical spot.