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Josephine Biggs describes the experiences of her husband, Clyde Biggs, as an officer in the 353rd Infantry Regiment of the 89th Division during World War I. She speaks of their travels in France after World War I. She also talks about the Grand Junction train depot munitions fire that nearly burned down the nearby Biggs-Kurtz lumber warehouse. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries...
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In this recording, Alta Nolan reads the memoirs of Cordelia Files. Files talks about the history of her parents and maternal grandparents who homesteaded in the Fruita, Colorado area in the 1890’s. She describes the fruit growing operation on the homestead. She recounts seeing the Ute people and Chipeta when they came in the fall to dry fruit from the orchard. She remembers early Fruita, with its dirt streets and plank sidewalks. She speaks about...
