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1. First Interview with Oscar Winfield Jaynes Jr.

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Oscar Jaynes discusses childhood memories of Clifton, Colorado, including life on his family’s homestead, a time he climbed inside a giant tire and rolled down a desert hill, and a boxing match at school with future Colorado Supreme Court justice Jim Groves. He then relates tales of traveling the country on freight cars trying to find work during the Great Depression. Oscar also talks a great deal about the fruit business, specifically the peach...

2. Third Interview with Helen Elizabeth (Maher) Bowman and Marion George Bowman

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Marion Bowman talks about the origins of the Mesa County Peach Administrative Board, an elected body that helped establish fair peach pricing and advocated for the local peach industry. He discusses peach marketing, transportation, inspection, labor, and competition from other peach-growing regions. He recalls agricultural cooperatives involved in the marketing of area produce. Helen Bowman also contributes the occasional insight. The interview was...
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