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1) Third Interview with Vesta (Price) Fitzpatrick
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Voice Recording
Vesta Fitzpatrick speaks about a railroad accident that occurred west of the town of New Castle, Colorado around 1900. She talks about her father, a Union Civil War veteran. She discusses poetry and short stories that she wrote about her youth. She remembers working in a rooming house in Uravan for workers from Oakridge, Tennessee during secretive mining for the first atomic bomb, and receiving a letter of appreciation for her work after the first...
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2) Interview with Russell Charles Johnson
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Compound
Russell Johnson, a native of Grand Junction, Colorado, talks about his early life in town. He speaks about his long career working for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad as a carman. He recalls the Grand Junction depot fire that was caused when munitions, headed for use in World War II, exploded on the tracks. He discusses his father’s career on the railroad, working on narrow gauge trains and helping to build the Colorado Midland Railway. He remember...
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