{"id":60,"date":"2018-07-08T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/questastories.org\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:03:23","slug":"oral-history-of-carrie-leven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questastories.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/08\/oral-history-of-carrie-leven\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Carrie Leven"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"60\" class=\"elementor elementor-60\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d449c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72d449c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efb468e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7efb468e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carrie-leven-web.jpg?w=211\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carrie-leven-web.jpg 709w, https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carrie-leven-web-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Carrie has lived in Questa for the past 25 years, where she works as an archaeologist. 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