Immigrant Stories

In the second part of this two-part episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher continues his conversation with Tom Casey of KILI Radio on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Like KDNK, KILI-FM is also celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, host Walter Gallacher interviews Jim Walsh, a professor of American History at the University of Colorado, Denver about his Irish ancestors and describes the journey of the thousands of Famine Irish who came to Leadville in the late 1800's to work in the mines.

This special award-winning edition of Immigrant Stories—featuring Glenwood Springs High School Principal Paul Freeman—took home the Colorado Broadcasters Association's Award of Excellence for Best Public Affairs Program of 2022.

David Dominguez was born in 1928 in Delcarbon, a coal camp near Walsenburg, Colorado. On this episode of Immigrant Stories David talks about the hard times of the 1930s and the fifty years he spent mining coal.

For three generations, the Nieslanik families have been tireless stewards of the land. On this month's episode of Immigrant Stories John Nieslanik and his brothers Paul, Bob and Ray talk about growing up in a farming and ranching family.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories Bill Groethe reflects on his life as a photographer and the iconic photos he took of the Sioux warriors who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn, better known to many as Custer's Last Stand.

Tune in as former valley residents Kelsey and Tess Freeman, talk about their book, No Option but North, and share the stories of refugees they met at a migrant shelter on our southern border.

This December, Klaus Obermeyer turned one hundred and three. Tune in as Klaus describes coming to America and working his way west to a little known place called Aspen.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Paco Nevarez-Burgueño, the Director of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklorico dance program, talks about the twenty years he has spent teaching students about life through dance.

Tune in as Annie Stephens remembers her childhood in England and her journeys to the United States and Africa.