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MA: So you started high school, then, in the late '40s, is that right?

BK: Yeah, I graduated from Alamosa High School in 1950.

MA: So you went to Alamosa High School.

BK: Uh-huh. And after I got married, then my husband wanted me to go to college. And there's a four-year college, Adams State College, in Alamosa. And so after our daughter was born, then I enrolled in college, carried a full load, and graduated in four years. And during that time, we also had -- [coughs] -- excuse me, we also had another son. And then I went on and got my Master's, too, and that was in 1961.

MA: And your Master's was in what field?

BK: Elementary education.

MA: So back when you were in high school, how was the farm doing at that point? Your parents were still running the farm and everything was...

BK: Yeah, uh-huh. Yeah, and they were doing very well until, oh gosh, it must have been the '60s, things just started going downhill. And my dad had a brain tumor and so he couldn't manage the farm anymore, and my brother took it over and things just weren't going well. So they eventually lost the farm, which was sad.

MA: And that was in the '60s?

BK: Yeah, that would have been... yeah, that would have been in the '60s.

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