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42) Neil Straayer
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He was an immigrant from the Netherlands who came to the Grand Valley in 1911. He was a fruit grower and farmer, working for himself and others, in the Hunter District, Appleton, Fruitvale, and other areas of the Grand Valley.
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The Rhone School District served the Rhone area just east of Fruita and south of the Hunter District from 1884 to 1904. It administered the Rhone School beginning in 1895. In 1904, it became part of the Union High School District, which fed Fruita High School. This district, in turn, became part of Mesa County Valley School District 51 in 1951.
*Some information for this article came from "In the Beginning... A History of the Districts and Schools...
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This school district formed at the consolidation of the Rhone, Star, Longfellow, Hunter, Loma, and Fruita districts in 1904. It was eventually absorbed into Mesa County School District 51.
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An early 20th century resident of Mesa County's Hunter District and of the Appleton area. She appears to have been born in England as Ana Jane Renwick to parents James Douglass Renwick and Mary Renwick. The 1891 England Census, taken when Nancy was not yet one year old, lists her father’s profession as Fruiterer. Immigration records show that she arrived in Canada with family members in 1906, at the age of sixteen. The family emigrated to the United...
46) Hunter's camp
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A hunter's camp, set up by Alfred and Jake Borah. Taken in the 1880s. From left to right: Alfred Borah, Jake Borah, ?, Mr. Luke. All four men are holding hunting rifles. This is a stereoscopic view, which when viewed through a stereoscope, gives the image a 3D effect.
"Alfred Borah shooting. Jacob Borah his brother by tent. The other two I have no record of, friends of Fathers. Mr. Luke sitting down. I am 91 Dec 4, 1984. I can remember my father...
47) C.S. Saxton
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Early 20th century resident of Mesa County's Hunter District, east of Fruita, near 21 and J Roads. He and his wife Nancy (Renwick) Stanton grew apples.
49) Gary Wall
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Gary Wall was born in Seattle to Raymond and Wilma Wall; he grew up in Ballard, Washington. In the 1960s, Wall was a patrolman and detective in the Aspen Police Department (Colorado). From 1 February1973 to 8 February 1979, Wall served as Chief of Police for the Town of Vail. After working as a restaurateur and private investigator in Port Townsend, Washington and Tucson, Arizona respectively, Wall removed to Clark, Colorado near Steamboat Springs....
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"A group of Sweetwater Club women and Miss Hunter the day we had a demonstration on Drying and Brining." Individuals in the photograph have been identified with a number. 1. Ivy Zabel, 2. Bernadine Clauson, 3. Alma, 4. Nina, 5. Nellie, 6. Ruth martin, 7. Miss Hunter, 8. Lola, 9. Bertha Chockie, 10. Myrtle, 11. Marion, 12. Alline, 13. Mrytie, 14. Bob Ross, 15. Marilyn Clauson, 16. Teresa Price, 17. Pete No[v/l]an, 18. - Price, 19. Junior Price.
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Colorado Division of Wildlife officer Jim Hicks describes his work as a "law enforcement officer" and the changes he has seen over the years that affect local wildlife populations.
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Her parents Annie and John McGinley homesteaded in the Hunter District outside of Fruita, Colorado in the late 19th century. After her mother passed, she worked as homemaker, and then as a clerk for the Fair Store in Grand Junction. She also worked at the Sears Store in Grand Junction and at J.C. Penney. She kept house for a woman named Virginia Wallace for several years. She was married in 1926.
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Robert Gustafson talks about the Wisemen’s Club, a Mesa County social and charitable organization to which he belonged in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He remembers the local dance halls and the big bands that played them. He describes growing up in a Swedish portion of the Globeville neighborhood in Denver, his educational background, and how he began working at the Public Service Company at the age of fourteen. He discusses his subsequent career...
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Anna McGinley talks about teaching at the Hunter School in early day Mesa County. She and her sister Mae Plunkett also talk about their school days and about the lives of their parents John and Theresa McGinley, who were immigrants and Mesa County pioneers. 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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Early Twentieth century Appleton resident and teacher. Friend of the Corn family. Her mother was Nancy (Renwick) Saxton.
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Thomas Campbell of Clifton talks about the roads, towns, farms, ranches and geography of places throughout Mesa County, Colorado. He speaks about the Molina flour mill in the town of Molina and about the history of local agriculture. He talks about the history of Clifton, its settlement, and churches. He describes early agriculture and methods of clearing the land for crops. He remembers aspects of peach, pear and apple growing, including pests and...
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Rose and Morgan Goss discuss the early settlement of Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado, and agricultural life in the Appleton area. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Lucille Mahannah talks about her service as the first female caseworker in the U.S. Army. She also touches on her husband’s military service during World War I, on managing the Hunter Coal Mine for her father, and her time as the Public Welfare Director for the Civilian Conservation Corps. 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...
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Ethel Boies was born and rasied in Red Cliff, Colorado. In 1918, she married Howard G. Bayer, well-known in Minturn and Red Cliff through his involvement with many youth organizations. Ethel's typescript focuses on early days of Red Cliff and the surrounding areas of Eagle and Lake County (Leadville). Many mines, miners, mine benefactors, assay numbers, and mine locations are also mentioned.
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Gertrude Rader talks about the New Deal and its effect on her farm in Loma, Colorado. She then describes at length the migration of Ute tribal members from the Ouray/Silverton area to Eastern Utah every fall in the early Twentieth century, their camping near Rader's childhood home in Kannah Creek, and her observations of the Ute people. She also discusses her family's pioneer history in the Whitewater/Kannah Creek area, her time teaching in rural...
