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Lola Jennings talks about growing up in Lewis, Colorado, her family, and picking mayflowers. She remembers childhood chores on the farm and her schooling. She recalls an ice skating accident in which she was severely injured and had a lengthy hospital stay at the Oshmer Hospital in Durango. She speaks about breaking wild horses, wildlife in Montezuma County, ice houses, and raising and butchering hogs. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
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Hugh Jones tells stories about poachers that he apprehended as a game warden for the Colorado Department of Wildlife in the mid-Twentieth century. 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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A KOTO Radio newscast, from 4/26/1991-5/10/1991, broadcasted from Telluride, Colorado. Here is the transcript: Speaker 2 (00:00:33): This is the K O T O Community Radio News for Friday, April 26th. I'm Deb Laity in the headlines tonight. Plans for use of the Hobgood property have been stalled. Once again. Mesa State College plans to open an annex in Montrose. The Rainbow Preschool hopes to win $10,000 for a new school, and the miners look for...
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In this remarkable oral history, Pete Seibert Jr. discusses the earliest days of Vail. As a youth, Seibert explored, fished, skied and generally "Huck Finned" it in the Gore Creek Valley. Seibert also discusses his father (Pete Seibert Sr.) and his father's New England youth, Camp Hale 10th Mountain Division training, war injuries, and contributions to Colorado's ski legacy and the world's ski culture. Pete Seibert Jr. is interviewed by Walter...
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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 Roundups. This...
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Mary Pownall expounds on her youth in Duluth, Minnesota and her remarkable father, who stepped up after the untimely passing of her mother and aunt. She discusses camping in Garnet Canyon and climbing with husband, Dick Pownall, in Grand Teton National Park. Pownall reports on the coordination of on-mountain volunteers for Vail and Beaver Creek World Alpine Ski events alongside her husband, Dick, and friend Mauri Nottingham. Mary Pownall also notes...
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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 Rex Howell: Pioneer...
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James Brouse discusses moving and going to school in Glade Park, Colorado as a young boy in 1915. He tells tales of cowpunching in the canyons near Westwater, homesteading, the difficulties of dry farming, and the methods and difficulties of transportation into town from up on Glade Park. He also talks about local murders, sheep and cattlemen wars, and the history of different schools in the area. His wife Ellen (Morse) Brouse, longtime Mesa County...
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In 2022, John Dakin was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame as a Sport Builder. In this Vail Valley Voices History Nugget, Dakin reflects on his favorite moments during the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships held in Vail and Beaver Creek. Specifically, Dakin notes Mikaela Shiffrin's win at the 2015 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup event win at Beaver Creek, as well as Tamara McKinney's 1989 gold medal win in the combined...
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Interview with Ella Warren Burnett by Walter Gallacher. Ella discusses her childhood in Red Cliff, CO, her nursing studies during World War II, her life with husband Pete Burnett, and her nursing career in the Gilman Mine, with Dr. George Stanley, and in Vail, with Dr. Tom Steinberg.
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Harry Godby describes working as a crane and heavy equipment operator for Corn Construction and others at sites throughout Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, including the Uranium mill in Grand Junction, Colorado and oil shale mines along Parachute Creek. He also talks more specifically about working as a pile driver and pile driving technique. He discusses working in a woolen mill for ten hours a day after running away from home at fourteen, his...
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Interview of Lynn Kanakis by Walter Gallacher. Lynn discusses his arrival in what is now the Vail Valley to herd sheep at his godfather's ranch. Lynn goes on to describe his career in the Gilman Mine and in Leadville. He also talks about his life in Minturn.
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In a tape-recorded lecture, Al Look talks about the tensions between White River Utes and US Government troops overseen by Nathan Meeker that led to the Meeker Massacre. 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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In an interview on an unnamed radio station, Mike Mayfield, the former curator of the Museums of Western Colorado, talks about the importance of museums in a radio interview with Al Look. Al Look then discusses petrified dinosaur eggs found in Colorado on a radio show called the Local Scene. Look also talks about John Otto and the creation of the Colorado National Monument. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral...
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Herb Johnston discusses sheep and cattle ranching in the Cisco, Utah area in the early Twentieth century. He also gives an in-depth portrait of African-American cowboy Charlie Glass, whom Mr. Johnston counted as a friend. 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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Bethany is joined this week by TJ Smith and Chandler Smith, founders of Creative’s Landing, to discuss Riff for Relief - a music initiative tied to West Slope Startup Week that highlight the region’s incredible music scene, while raising needed funds for the many artists who have suffered financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode also features musician W.ill. of Wowzers, a good vibe jazz hip hop trio participating in Riff...
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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 A Natural Resource:...
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Josef "Joe" Staufer shares narratives about his childhood in post-World War II Austria, meeting the love of his life, Anne, in Bermuda, stopping for a "visit" in Vail while en route to California in 1962, and becoming friends with President Gerald R. Ford. In addition to Joe Staufer, the "Voice of Vail" Tony Mauro interviewed brother Hermann Staufer, son Jonathan Staufer, and 1960s Vail community members Dave Garton, Patti Langmaid, Jan Strauch,...
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We’re back after the holiday break with our new favorite episode. Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. David Combs of Black Citizens and Friends of Grand Junction joins us on The Audissey to discuss the history of MLK Day Events in Grand...
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Elizabeth, our Collections Librarian, is an avid traveler. Enjoy this virtual "Armchair Travel" experience and take a trip to Columbia with Elizabeth, Emmi and Bethany! Want to check out the visual beauty of Columbia? Enjoy this video podcast episode of The Audissey on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/thogDwzMcI4