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He was born in Stratton, Nebraska to Freidrich Wilhelm “William” Flasche and Marie Katherine “Mary” (Vatz) Flasche. Census records indicate that his father was an immigrant from Germany, and that his mother immigrated from a German settlement in Russia. They were farmers. According to Walter, his father had two wives and families, with one in Germany.
The 1900 US Census shows Walter living with his parents and siblings in Burntwood, Kansas...
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A women’s club from Fruita, Colorado. At one time, the club was believed to have more than 50 active members. According to oral history interviewee Armand de Lavillette de Beque, the club was very active in drama and agricultural events. The club would put on plays in the Majestic Theater in Fruita. The club put on many plays from 1929-1932, with fundraising from the events going towards projects focused on bettering the community. Members included...
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Vesta Fitzpatrick talks about her mother’s skill as a seemstress and how she made the family’s clothes. She remembers family life and entertainment during her youth, her parents reciting poems, and her father’s storytelling abilities. She recalls taking care of the family from a young age after her mother became ill. She speaks about seeing Buffalo Bill’s wild West show in Lincoln Park and going to chautauquas in Collbran. She remembers the...
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Glen Brunk describes his career with the Mesa County Road Department from 1919 to 1929. He talks about the equipment that the road department used and about pouring the first asphalt in the county at the intersection of 30 and F Roads. He recalls his family’s move to De Beque in 1929, when he became an employee of the Colorado State Highway department. He remembers maintaining state roads, including the Plateau Canyon Highway from De Beque to the...
65) Shake Gilman
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With Mattie Gilman, one-half of a De Beque area couple who dressed like wild-west characters, raised ponies, and used to come into town and buy ice cream for children. They enjoyed getting drunk and shooting their guns, until Mattie accidentally shot and killed Shake. Mattie then went to prison for a year for her crime.
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Ralph Galyean talks about early Twentieth century life in De Beque, Colorado, about cowboys such as Dave Knight and Charlie Glass, and about the Carlyle Ranch. He also discusses baseball teams in Mesa County and oil shale development. 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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Shake and Mattie Gilman were a De Beque area couple who dressed like wild-west characters, raised ponies, and used to come into town to buy ice cream for the children. They enjoyed getting very drunk and shooting their guns. During one sad incident, Mattie was messing with Shake and shot her gun at him, trying to get him to climb higher up a tree. Mattie accidentally shot and killed Shake, then she went to prison for a year for her crime.
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He was born in Aurora, Colorado to George Franklin Weaver and Susan Henderson Weaver. He was a farmer. He married Frieda Waver in 1941. They Farmed in Elk Springs. He had to quit farming due to his arthritis, and went to work as a janitor in a uranium mill, a job he kept for eight years. The family came to De Beque in 1960.
69) Ralph Galyean
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He was born in Nebraska to Henry and Laura Galyean and came to De Beque, Colorado in 1906, at the age of 3. There, his father managed a farm. Ralph went to school at the Old Rock School House through the 7th Grade. He was 6'4" and played basketball against area teams for his school. He was a farmer.
70) Walt Carmack
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He was a cowboy who worked in the Plateau Valley area of Mesa County. According to oral history interviewee Walter “Dick” Lloyd, who worked with Carmack, he worked primarily running cattle in the area of Sunnyside Road between Collbran and De Beque. Lloyd also states that Carmack was “an awful boozer at times back in bootleg times,” but that he quit drinking.
71) George McGarvey
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A man accused of rape who escaped from the Mesa County Jail by slamming a 2x4 over the head of deputy Ed Innis when Innis was bringing inmates their dinner. McGarvey stole Innis’s gun and ran. Officers captured him near De Beque on October 1, 1906, and he was sentenced to hanging three days later (Mesa County Historical Society newsletter, May-June 1983).
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Jim Franklin discusses the pioneer lives of his parents, who came to the Roan Creek, Colorado area from Arkansas in 1887. He also talks about his days as a cowboy, mountain lions, and the history of 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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Orville and Helen Altenbern discuss their early lives in both De Beque and the nearby Roan Creek area of Garfield County. They also talk about life and work on a sheep and cattle ranch. 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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Mary Corcoran talks about her parents and grandparents, pioneers in Mesa County and Eastern Utah. She also talks about her early life in Grand Junction, Colorado, and about ranch life above De Beque on the Grand Mesa. 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.
75) Mattie Gilman
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With Shake Gilman, one-half of a De Beque area couple who dressed like wild-west characters, raised ponies, and used to come into town and buy ice cream for children. They enjoyed getting drunk and shooting their guns, until Mattie accidentally shot and killed Shake. Mattie then went to prison for a year for her crime.
76) Albert Humeston
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He was born in Humeston, Iowa. He married Ida Van Derley on June 25, 1902, and they moved to Collbran, Colorado in February of 1903. He worked as a merchant with Emerson Collins, where he hired a freighter to bring regular shipments of stock from the DeBeque railroad station to his shop. He also worked as the postmaster of Collbran (a post he held for 28 years -- 1913-1941). He was a member of the Disciples of Christ, and a member of a barbershop...
77) Austin Corcoran
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He was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Grand Junction in 1883. He was a cattle rancher who operated a ranch above De Beque on the Grand Mesa. His wife and children stayed with him on the ranch during the summers, and in Grand Junction during the rest of the year. In 1920, he sold out of cattle ranching and became a writer. He wrote articles for a Los Angeles newspaper as well as poems and books.
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An irrigation district, founded in 1904, serving the Orchard Mesa area of Mesa County, Colorado. it administers the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District Canal, which provides water to East Orchard Mesa and the Vinelands area of Palisade. The canal takes water from the Grand Valley Diversion Dam in De Beque Canyon. According to oral history interviewee Virgil Hickman, the district began providing customers water on a pro-rated basis beginning around 1940....
79) Frank Hickman
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He was born in England and immigrated to the United States, living first in Pennsylvania, where he was a coal miner. He worked in coal mines in the Crested Butte, Colorado area, and then moved to Mesa County. He started the first coal mine in the Grand Valley. He ran the Cameo Mine and the Mount Lincoln Mine, the latter being one of the first coal mines in the Grand Valley. He also established the Island Ranch in De Beque Canyon, current location...
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During episodes of the radio show Pioneer Reviews, which aired on KFXJ in the 1960’s (now KREX), Mesa County farm agent and host Dick Woodfin speaks with several Western Slope residents about pioneer history. Interviewees include E.H. Stewart of Mesa, Arthur Johnson of Mesa, Bill Pollock of Fruita, and Ed Finley of De Beque. These broadcasts are made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
