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She was born on a farm on Rhone Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Her mother died in 1896, when Pearl was four, and she moved with her father and siblings to De Beque, Colorado in 1900. She married Paul Peysert in 1913. He passed away in 1920. She later remarried to a farm laborer named Ernest Redmon in 1924. She was a postal clerk for the Post Office in De Beque for thirty years.
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Grace Kistler talks about her childhood in rural Missouri and Pueblo, Colorado, and about her four marriages. She also describes life in De Beque, Colorado in the 1920’s and 30’s, and her husband’s roll in the construction of the road through De Beque Canyon. 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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Lulu Kennon grew up on a farm in DeBeque, Colorado. She graduated from a high school in Denver in 1914, and began substitute teaching. She attended college in Greeley for one year and finished her Bachelor's degree by correspondence. She taught school in DeBeque, Colorado for twelve years. For her first year, she taught in a country school before local ranchers, who had wanted the school built elsewhere, burnt down the school. She quit teaching...
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Grace Kistler talks about her childhood in rural Missouri and Pueblo, Colorado. She also describes life in De Beque, Colorado in the 1920’s and 30’s, and her husband’s role in the construction of the road through De Beque Canyon. 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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Citizens of the De Beque, Colorado community provide a program on the music of pioneers for the Mesa County Historical Society. Participants play exemplars of pioneer music, and talk about De Beque’s pioneer musicians and the music they played. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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After moving with his family to Plateau Valley in 1907-08, he held the delivery contract with the creamery in Collbran. He delivered dairy products via a stagecoach line to De Beque. He also delivered mail along the route from Collbran to De Beque. With his wife Nelle Ryan, he owned and operated the Plateau City House, a hotel in Plateau City. Father of Lawrence Ryan.
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A farmer and resident of De Beque, Colorado. With his team of horses and a plow, he helped to build the current road through De Beque Canyon. He was also a construction foreman for Henry Shores, a contractor in Moab, Utah. His first wife was Leta M. Franklin, with whom he had four children. He was remarried to Grace (Harty) Kestler, then Grace Canfield, in 1928. Born 1882. Brother of James B. “Jim” Franklin. Son of James R. Franklin and Sarah...
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Company founded by Dr. W.A.E. de Beque, William R. Warren, George Newton, D.D. Potter, Bob de Beque, and William Dinkel to locate and patent oil shale claims on the Western Slope. Oral history interviewee Armand de Beque recalled the painstaking process his father went through to survey and file claims, only to find out that they had overlapped with somebody else’s claims, requiring him to start over. After filing the claims, they were required...
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Pearl Redmon, a longtime postal clerk in De Beque, Colorado, talks about the history and buildings of the town. 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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Herb Brink was an outlaw hired by the Cattlemen's Association in Wyoming to murder sheepherders. he was caught and sentenced for a year or two in Rollins, Wyoming, then moved to Kimball Creek in De Beque. All the children were afraid of seeing him in the town square because of his intimidating presence and the crimes he was known to have committed.
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An oil company that held 18,000 acres of oil shale near De Beque, Colorado as of 1920. However, they ignored it in favor of a liquid oil strike in California. Union Oil became Unocal, and Unocal in turn was bought by Chevron and ceased independent operations.
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An oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1870. It held 24,000 acres of patented land containing oil shale near De Beque, Colorado. In 1931, they sold the land for $5 an acre. The company was dissolved by court decision in 1911.
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William Dinkel was a pioneer known as the "Father of Carbondale" who settled Carbondale, Colorado in 1881 and partnered with Dr. W.A.E. de Beque to run the Shale Oil Syndicate, a company formed to locate and patent shale oil claims on Western Slope.
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Zelma Parkes discusses her early life in Grand Junction, Colorado. She also talks about ranch life with her husband on Clear Creek, 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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Gertrude McKay, the first white child born in the De Beque, Colorado vicinity, talks about farm life and her childhood in the Roan Creek area. 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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Julia Harris discusses her family’s pioneer history and its move westward, including the journey of her grandfather, who was a member of the 1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment before homesteading in Western Colorado. She talks about early life in De Beque, Colorado, including social life and various places they lived, the railroad, sheep trails, De Beque businesses and landmarks, and her work in the local Republican Party. The interview was conducted...
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A round trip bicycle race between Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs, held in the early Twentieth century. The prize was somewhere between $25 and $50. The event was sponsored by the Strawberry Days Committee in Glenwood Springs. As to the route: After crossing the River at Palisade, it closely followed Plateau Creek to Atwell Bridge, went up the hill into De Beque, across the bridge to the north side of the river, through De Beque’s Main Street,...
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He was a veterinarian in Grand Junction and De Beque, Colorado. He was born in Denver, Colorado to Barney L. Whatley, an attorney, and Gertrude (Thielen) Whatley, a homemaker with a college degree. US Census records from 1930 and 1940 show him living there at the ages of 3 and 13. He attended Colorado State University (then Colorado State College of Agriculture) in 1927, where he received his veterinary degree. He practiced as a veterinarian in both...
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George F. Newton was a rancher from De Beque, Colorado who partnered with Dr. W.A.E. de Beque to run the Shale Oil Syndicate, a company formed to locate and patent shale oil claims on Western Slope. He also served as the Garfield County Commissioner. According to the Daily Sentinel, he suffered with ill health near the end of his life and moved to the northwest United States around 1923 because of his condition. He passed away on October 20, 1927...
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Vesta Fitzpatrick talks about growing up in Buena Vista, New Castle, and De Beque, Colorado. She remembers the family’s homestead and life in De Beque, and her role as a homemaker from an early age due to her mother’s illness. She speaks about country school life. She details the dances that took place, including costume, masquerade, and “hard time” dances. She recalls living in Uravan during World War II, where her grandchildren played in...