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1) "Early Development of Law Enforcement in Mesa County", Mesa County Historical Society Newsletter

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In the May-June 2023 newsletter of the Mesa County Historical Society, Ruth G. Moss discusses early sheriffs in Mesa County and early marshals in Grand Junction. She talks about jail breaks, cattle rustling, shootings on the range, prostitution, vice, and the murder of popular gambling parlor owner J.W. “Big Kid” Eames.

2) "Local Scene" Radio Show with Al Look, Raymond Taylor and Samuel Taylor: Western Colorado's Uranium Boom

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Al Look appears on a radio show called the Local Scene with the Taylor brothers (possibly on KREX), discussing the Western Slope’s uranium boom of the 1950’s. 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.

3) "Local Scene" Radio Show with Al Look: Geology, Archaeology and History of Mesa County, Colorado

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A series of radio interviews on a show called the Local Scene (on an unidentified radio network, possibly KREX) with Grand Junction newspaper columnist, amateur historian, geologist and paleontologist Al Look. Look discusses the geology and archaeology of Mesa County, the geologic history of the Colorado National Monument, and local personalities Harold Bryant and John Otto. These broadcasts are made available via signed release by the Mesa County...

4) "The Story of Luisa Durante Landini": Mesa County Historical Society Newsletter

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In the May-June 1984 newsletter of the Mesa County Historical Society, George Woolsey Jr. writes about the life of Italian immigrant and Mesa County resident Luisa (Durante) Landini.