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Elberta Francis and David Sundal hold a conversation about former Grand Junction resident and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Francis speaks about knowing Trumbo through family connections and as a child of similar age. During his conversation with Francis and in a separate interview with Evelyn Kyle, Sundal talks about interviewing Trumbo and his impressions of him. Together, Francis and Sundal paint a picture of Trumbo and his...
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Ruth Hoffman talks about her teen and young adult years spent packing fruit for Cross Orchards and other farms in Mesa County, Colorado. She describes the work involved in fruit packing, lighting smudge pots, picking fruit, the change in the kinds of jobs women did on the farm over time, and life on the farm. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of the Mesa County Public Library and the Museum of Western...
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Darwin Burford discusses growing up in Whitewater, Colorado in the early Twentieth century, and going to school in Mesa County, Colorado. Darwin talks about the early narrow gauge railroad that serviced Mesa County, about the Barnum and Bailey Circus, daily childhood chores, playing cribbage as a family, and his argument with John Otto. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries,...
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Former state and federal game warden John Duncan Hart talks about wildlife management in the Grand River Game Bird Refuge and with the Department of Fish and Game, and discusses the populations and habits of certain bird and animal species. He recounts a run-in with John Otto over orders to cull the bison and elk herds Otto had introduced to the Colorado National Monument. He talks about the painter Harold Bryant, his hunting and habits. He also discusses...
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In an interview recorded November 8, 1977, Fred Ames and his wife Emma Lillian (Stocks) Ames discuss the history of Sinbad Valley and its settlement by his family and others. In second and third interviews recorded on November 15 and December 3, 1977 (transcript only*), Fred Ames talks about the McCarty Gang, their stomping grounds in Sinbad Valley and nearby Eastern Utah, and about meeting Tom McCarty as a child. He discusses homesteading and...
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Helen Johnson talks about helping teach a WPA-funded dance class during the Great Depression. She speaks about other government programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, and how they helped the people of Mesa County, Colorado during the Great Depression. She describes working for Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles to manufacture airplanes during World War II, where she became the lead in her section. She talks about her brief career teaching...
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Penelope Eberhart talks about her father Harry Brown’s introduction to oil shale while on a family vacation in Denver in the 1920’s, his subsequent move to the De Beque area on the Western Slope, and his early business venture in oil shale with the Index Oil Shale Company. She speaks about the mining and milling process for shale, and about a biproduct of the milling process marketed as plant fertilizer called Index Soil Vitalizer. She talks about...
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An organization begun in the mid-Twentieth century. According to oral history interviewee and club member Rena Nisbet, the organization had ninety-one members at one time. They organized and created a nativity scene in Palisade. They had other projects, including the sponsorship of local murals.
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An annual festival celebrating the peach harvest of Palisade, Colorado. It was established in the late 1800's as Peach Days, and is ongoing. According to oral history interviewee Virgil Hickman, Peach Festivals in the first half of the Twentieth century were "almost a fair", with dances on fruit shipping platforms, a Peach Queen, and displays. The festivities would also include a water fight, with the town fire department and their opponent from another...
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Early 20th century Palisade fruit farmer. Son of James Allison Clark and Phoebe Jane Clark, Palisade homesteaders and fruit farmers who came to the Palisade area from southeastern Kansas when Levi was 11 years old. Sibling of Harry, James and Bertha Clark. *Photograph from the 1909 Palisade High School yearbook.
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Thomas Campbell of Clifton talks about the roads, towns, farms, ranches and geography of places throughout Mesa County, Colorado. He speaks about the Molina flour mill in the town of Molina and about the history of local agriculture. He talks about the history of Clifton, its settlement, and churches. He describes early agriculture and methods of clearing the land for crops. He remembers aspects of peach, pear and apple growing, including pests and...
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Wayne Aspinall was a U.S. Congressman from Palisade, Colorado. He was a Democrat who represented Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District from 1949-1973. He was the head of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee from 1959-1973. His accomplishments included the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which he initially opposed. He also actively promoted water reclamation projects in Colorado and throughout the West, including Glen Canyon...
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Early 20th century Palisade resident and Collbran schoolteacher. Her parents, James Allison and Phoebe Jane Clark, moved from southeastern Kansas to homestead the Palisade area in 1900. Sister of Levi, James, and Harry Clark.
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Early 20th century Palisade fruit farmer. His parents, James Allison and Phoebe Jane Clark, moved from southeastern Kansas to homestead the Palisade area in 1900. Sibling of Levi, James, and Bertha Clark.
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Early 20th century Palisade resident. His parents, James Allison and Phoebe Jane Clark, moved from southeastern Kansas to homestead the Palisade area in 1900. Sibling of Levi, Harry, and Bertha Clark.
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Palisade homesteader and fruit farmer. Together with her husband James Allison Clark, son Levi Clark and other children, she moved from southeastern Kansas to settle the Palisade area in 1900.
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David Sundal, member and former president of the Mesa County Historical Society, talks about the original settlers of Mesa County, Colorado, and about their buildings and roads. He discusses examples of different architectural styles in the Grand Valley, including Queen Anne, Italianate, Victorian, California Bungalow, Spanish Mission Style, and Classical Revival. He also talks about the owners and architectural details of certain homes and buildings,...