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Al Look talks about driving a team of mules for a laundry wagon, playing hooky from school and stealing watermelons in Stockton, Kansas. He discusses duck hunting and teaching his son gun safety. He speaks about working and then selling his homestead in Dove Creek, and about his experiences in the Four Corners area. He talks about playing high school football on a championship team, and attending the University of Nebraska. He relates working as an...
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Al Look talks about his father’s grocery store in the early Twentieth century, an incident involving his cat, and a shipment of butter. He mentions his family’s move from Nebraska to Stockton, Kansas. He speaks about the various jobs he had, his education, and the dangers of the open prairie. He also recalls the activities the children would participate in for fun. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Myrtle Seamens speaks about her early life in Kansas in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. She discusses her move to Parachute, Colorado (then called Grand Valley) where she and her husband owned and operated a hotel and boarding house. She also talks about working as a seamstress for a dressmaker, going to a teacher’s college, Kansas snow storms, childhood games and social activities. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
