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Dorothy Tindall talks about the early days of Whitewater, Colorado as a rail center for cattle and stock. She speaks about the administrative organization of schools prior to the consolidation of Mesa County School District 51, her development of Mesa County’s first school hot lunch program at the Star School, games kids played at recess, about her work educating the children of migrant laborers who lived in La Colonia, and her role in the development...
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Carl Gesberg talks about his experience farming with horses as opposed to machine-based farming. He explains the day in the life of a farmer, caring for his horses, the pesticides and sprays used on crops for pest reduction, including the coddling moth, and the cost of equipment. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.