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In the early Twentieth century, country schools from Mesa County gathered in Lincoln Park to hold a field day, with graduation ceremonies following in the Lincoln Park Barn. According to oral history interviewee Bertha Schlegel, attendees included students from schools in Pomona, Plateau Valley, Molina, Collbran, Loma, Mack, the Redlands, Clifton, Orchard Mesa, Escalante and Glade Park. Schlegel attended her field days in the 1920's.
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An annual event held in Horsethief Canon, near Loma, Colorado, during the early Twentieth century. Fish were taken with nets spread across the Colorado River and fried for the attendees. Speeches were made. According to oral history interviewee and Loma resident Gertrude Rader, the Fish Fry became a place for “electioneering” in later years, with politicians coming to the event. This discouraged her and others from attending, and the event was...
