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In a general meeting of the Mesa County Historical Society, Armand de Beque describes the history of oil shale development in De Beque and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. He offers three stories for how it was discovered that oil shale can burn. He describes the founding of the Shale Oil Syndicate, an organization founded by his father, Dr. W.A.E. de Beque, William R. Warren, George Newton, and William Dinkel. He explains the lengthy process the Shale...
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On the occasion of the Mesa County Historical Society annual picnic (circa 1980), Julia Harris, an early Grand Mesa resident, lectures about the history of the area, with information about a 1910 earthquake in the Cameo area, the construction of the Plateau Canyon Road, De Beque in the 1880’s, the captivity of Josephine Meeker on the Grand Mesa after the Meeker Massacre, an old Native American cemetery near De Beque, and Republican Party happenings....
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Lawrence Ryan talks about the history of livery service in Plateau Valley, with an emphasis on the dairy and mail delivery services conducted by his father using horse-drawn carriages. The interview was conducted by the Collbran Historical Society in conjunction with the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
26) Fred Young
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The early De Beque, Colorado drug store clerk who had a power generator to make ice cream
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She was the first white child born in the De Beque, Colorado area, and raised on a farm in the Roan Creek area of Garfield County.
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He ran a ferry over the Colorado River in the town of De Beque, Colorado before there was a bridge that crossed the river.
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A Fruita resident who partnered with Dr. W.A.E. De Beque to run the Shale Oil Syndicate.
31) C.H. Conwell
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An early rancher in the De Beque area. He was also a miner in Leadville and a teamster. He was known for using a bullwhip on his horses, and once accidentally whipped Charles Burg when he was breaking a horse that belonged to Conwell. Conn Creek near De Beque is named for him.
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Lulu Kennon describes life growing up in near De Beque, Colorado, and her career as a teacher in country schools near De Beque. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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She was born in De Beque. She married Orville Altenbern in Palisade in 1925, and they lived together on a ranch in the Roan Creek area of Garfield County.
34) Marie Meyers
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Dr. W.A.E. De Beque's first wife in 1884. She helped him settle Ravensbeque, and was the town's postmistress.
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Harry Godby’s wife. They met in Nevada and were married in 1928. They moved to DeBeque, Colorado to live on a little farm after marriage.
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She was born and raised in Mesa County, Colorado. There, she was a school teacher at the Pomona, De Beque, and Kannah Creek Schools before marrying and becoming a housewife.
37) Mary Corcoran
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She was born in Grand Junction in the 700 block of Gunnison Avenue. Her father was a cattle rancher, and she spent her summers on the ranch near De Beque on the Grand Mesa.
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She was born in Colorado and graduated from Fruita High School. Her husband was a rancher, and she spent the summers on the ranch above De Beque and the rest of the year with her children in Grand Junction, Colorado.
39) Jay Nearing
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A cattleman who lived with his wife Celia and daughter Mable in Fruita, Colorado. In the summer, he ran cattle near De Beque. His daughter Mable married a cowboy named Dale Mitchell, who worked for Nearing.
40) John A. Wilcoxon
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An early Twentieth century Mesa County with a large operation near De Beque. According to oral history interviewee Charles Edward Burg, who worked for him, the bunks Wilcoxon provided for cowboys were infested with bed bugs.
