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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.
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262) Vern Greco
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Vern Greco describes his work as a ski instructor at the Steamboat Ski Area, and provides insight into the evolution of skiing equipment and technique.
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Sven Wiik describes basic cross-country ski techniques, equipment and clothing and Al Wilkinson explains cross-country ski waxing to Julie Lewis and Michelle Bernades.
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Nora McGinley Flynn discusses her experience growing up in the Grand Valley in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, her career as one of Mesa County's early schoolteachers, her family’s involvement with the founding of Grand Junction, and her family’s various employment positions with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and...
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Clem Goettelman explains his time as an employee for The Daily Sentinel under Preston Walker as the publisher. He discusses his position as a union leader before the Typographical Union Strike, conflicts within the work environment, Walter Walker’s involvement with and subsequent opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, and The Daily Sentinel being one of the only papers in the country to quickly cover President Theodore Roosevelt’s death with a full...
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Founded by George Washington Knox, Sr. on 15 October 1965, The Vail Trail was Vail’s first newspaper. The Vail Trail was a Knox family-owned newspaper that ran from 1965 to 2008.
Tony Mauro and Tara Flanagan interviewed Knox family members, as well as fifteen former employee and community members for this remarkable oral history compilation.
The oral history narrators include: Allen Knox, Carolyn Knox Keep, Sharon Brown, Kathy Heicher,...
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"The early 70's was a time of rebellion and experimentation. As the nation reeled with social upheaval, creativity flourished. Telluride was changing, mining was dying, skiing was born. What emerged was a lively community forging a new identity in a spectacular isolated mountain landscape." -- from case.
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Jennie Dixon describes her early life and family history, including interactions with Native Americans and her parents’ lives before living in Mesa County, Colorado. She discusses working as a professional printer for newspapers, and her short stint working at the Fair Store as a “floorwalker,” where she would shop undercover to catch shoplifters. Jennie also provides information on restaurants around Main Street in Grand Junction, local artist...
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During a Mesa County Public Library program, Michael Husband speaks about the many cultural activities in early Grand Junction and Mesa County, Colorado, including music, dance, and theater. He names top performers who came to Grand Junction, including the Russian Ballet, John Philip Sousa, the New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. He discusses the role of Walter Walker in supporting and promoting the arts. He lists the many venues that...
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Jay Muhme, Delmar Vance Coyner, and Mike Middleton talk about their experiences working with the Steamboat Springs Fire Department.
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A KOTO newscast, from 07/23/1991 To 08/01/1991, featuring Jon Kovash, Geoff Hanson and Lynn Heinisch. Here are the headlines:
7/23/1991: Town marshals say more education needed for music crowds; Forest Service will announce a new timbering plan on Monday; Bob Boyle fills vacant seat on airport board; Jerry Jeff is coming to town; and we've got today's weather report.
7/24/1991: Telluride prays for Maria Blige. Dori Mine gets a cleanup deadline from...
272) 1961 Ski Steamboat
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Steamboat Springs locals comment on the formation of the Steamboat Springs ski area and development of Mt. Werner, formerly known as Storm Mountain.
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Floyd Montgomery describes his interest in bronze sculpting, taxidermy and trophy hunting.
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In this interview with Bridgett Kelly, Gordy Wren outlines his experiences as a ski jumper and slalom skier including his participation in the 1948 Winter Olympics. He talks about the early ski area development on Mount Werner. He describes his children and their interest in skiing.
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Ernest "Dude" Todd reflects on his long life in Routt County.
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A KOTO newscast, from 8/14/1991 To 8/26/1991, featuring Jon Kovash and Geoff Hanson. Here are the headlines:
8/14/1991: Coroner makes positive ID of Sam Claussen. Commissioners will hear appeal on Gray Brothers logging permit. Airlines will meet to discuss proposed passenger tax. Peter, Paul & Mary rated "a magical evening". Mountain Village breaks ground on ownership housing. We've got local briefs, today's weather forecast, and a personal commentary.
8/15/1991:...
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Sisters Dorothy (Raber) Beard and Marjorie (Raber) Likes talk about the history of their family in Fruita, Colorado. They speak about Will Minor, the goat herder and self-educated photographer, author, and amateur lepidopterist who discovered the butterfly Papilio Indra Minori on the Colorado National Monument. They discuss homesteads that the Beard family owned in the canyons that comprise the current day McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area....
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A KOTO newscast, from 05/05/1994 To 05/20/1994, featuring Jon Kovash & Matthew Lewis. Here are the headlines:
07/22/1996: a Grand Junction man commits suicide near Trout Lake. Local architects talk more about potatoes and politics than about buildings. Western Colorado fires make for foggy skies. A ski expansion decision, will it be appealed? And we have a mountain weather report.
07/23/1996: the Forest Service grants full tilt ski expansion. Telluride...
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Anton Kline, with his wife Nellie, talk about Anton's experiences growing up in Steamboat Springs and the red-light district across the Yampa River, known as Brooklyn.
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In this interview Gordy Wren talks about the early history of ski jumping in Steamboat Springs. He describes his experiences and mentions many local skiers who competed with him.
