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A radio station that began broadcasting in 1948. According to Wikipedia, the station was licensed to Voices of Western Colorado. The station broadcasted from a downtown, Main Street storefront, where pedestrians could watch DJs inside the booth.
According to Robert “Bob” Collins, a longtime radio manager, a man named Ketchman (sp.?) hired him to be what was presumably the first manager of the station in 1948. Collins had been introduced to...
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Dale Hollingsworth and Denny Granum speak at a short ceremony celebrating the opening of the new Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce building on August 10, 1982. Mayor Louis Branch and Mesa County Commissioner Maxine Albers also speak. This recording is provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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In the fifth of nine recordings, John Goulet, a former advertising salesman with the Daily Sentinel newspaper, relates his experiences and travels in Grand Junction and Western Colorado in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He speaks about his friendship and admiration for Buford “Boots” Kellogg, an employee at Manuel’s Department Store and a popular person in the community. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral...
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Inez Prinster discusses the history of Grand Junction, Colorado buildings, businesses and people in a presentation for the Mesa County Historical Society. 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.
*Photograph from the 1947 Mesa College annual.
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Al Look describes the history of Faquawah, a group of Mesa County, Colorado businessmen who enjoyed camping and carousing in Southeastern Utah. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
*A recording of the Faquawah meeting itself was not put online, but can be requested at the Museums of Western Colorado.
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play Roundhouse Days.
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In the sixth, seventh and eighth of nine recordings, John Goulet, a former advertising salesman with the Daily Sentinel newspaper, relates his experiences and travels in Grand Junction and Western Colorado in the 1950’s and 1960’s. In the sixth recording, he talks about the people of the Daily Sentinel and some events that took place in Grand Junction during that time. During the seventh recording, he remembers a humorous, nonsense article written...
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In the third of nine recordings, John Goulet, a former advertising salesman with the Daily Sentinel newspaper, relates his experiences and travels in Grand Junction and Western Colorado in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He talks about traveling to Black Canyon with his friend Al Look. He remembers many of the merchants that he met as an advertising salesman. He describes Grand Junction’s Diamond Jubilee celebration of its 75th anniversary as a city....
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In the second of nine recordings, John Goulet, a former advertising salesman with the Daily Sentinel newspaper, relates his experiences and travels in Grand Junction and Western Colorado in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He talks about playing the piano and touring the Western Slope with the Star Lighters, an orchestra from Grand Junction. He plays the piano piece, “Back in Your Own Backyard” and speaks about arranging music for other performers....
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At the annual Basque Festival in Grand Junction, Colorado, Evelyn Kyle interviews former Basque sheepherder and hotel owner Jean Urruty about Basque culture, speaks to other Basques, and records Basque war cries, singing, and folk songs. She also describes the dances of the Basque. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and...
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An photography studio started by Frank Ellsworth Dean in Grand Junction’s downtown in 1887. Dean had been a pioneer photographer in Gunnison prior to coming to Grand Junction.
*Image of advertisement from the 1915 Grand Junction High School yearbook.
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An accounting firm begun by Walter Everett Dalby in Grand Junction in 1948. It has long been the largest public accounting firm on the Western Slope. The firm also has offices in Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction and Montrose.
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A nationally distributed seed catalog created by Neal Plaisted and based in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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An organization, partially created by Wyatt M. Wood, that oversaw band tournaments in Western Colorado. It was based in Grand Junction.
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Stage coach line that ran from Grand Junction to New Castle in the late 19th century.
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A large wholesale grocery warehouse and plant on South Seventh Street in Grand Junction in the early Twentieth century.
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A musical group that played during silent movies in Grand Junction, Colorado. Alfred Flagg was the drummer.
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A music organization in early Grand Junction. It was founded in part by Ruth (Fulwider) Bull and Mrs. Townsend.
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In the first of nine recordings, John Goulet, a former advertising salesman with the Daily Sentinel newspaper, relates his experiences and travels in Grand Junction and Western Colorado in the 1950’s. He talks about his arrival in Grand Junction from Boston, meeting H. Blake Manuel of Manuel’s Department Store, and his friendship with Al Look of the Sentinel. He describes trips that he and his wife took with Look and his wife around the Western...
