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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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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 To Give or Exchange...
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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,...
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Dudley Mitchell talks about the route of the Colorado Midland Railway, about the stations, towns and landmarks on its path, about different railroad accidents, and about the workings of the railroad. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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Early Mesa County resident Fred Hulburt discusses his job as a postman, the difficulties of starting a fruit farming business, his views on the treatment of the Utes in the area, building tunnels for the Highline Canal above Cameo, methods used to prevent the codling moth from ruining fruit orchards, and how to properly break wild horses and mules. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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In this interview with Agnes Wright, early Mesa County resident, she discusses growing up in Grand Junction, Colorado and working with her family at the Colorado Telephone Company. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Palisade fruit farmer and homesteader. Together with his wife Phoebe Jane Clark, his son Levi Clark and other children, he moved from southeastern Kansas to settle the Palisade area in 1900.
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Edwin “Ted” Winterburn talks about the many Grand Junction, Colorado buildings built by his father, Samuel E. Winterburn, including the Majestic Theater (now the Mesa Theater). He discusses growing up in Grand Junction and working as an electrician and car mechanic. He speaks about moving around the country a great deal and working various electrician jobs at the start of World War ll, then returning to the Grand Valley area to retire in the...
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In a lecture recorded for the Mesa County Historical Society, Pat Gormley talks about the history of the banking and financial industry in Mesa County, Colorado and its towns. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
*Photograph from the 1949 Colorado College yearbook.
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Early 20th century Palisade resident. Wife of Levi Allison Clark.
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John Collier talks about his upbringing on a farm in Grand Junction, Colorado, on ranchland and farmland in the Redlands, and on a homestead in Pinon Mesa. He speaks about the history of the Sleeper and Ela family’s ranching operations on Pinon Mesa. He describes his Uncle Joe Collier, who served as the Mesa County Sheriff during Prohibition, and a bootlegger’s attempt to blackmail him. He discusses what he perceives as the effect of uranium prospecting...
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Tom Charles talks about moving to the Fruitvale area of Mesa County, Colorado in 1907, his family’s fruit orchards, and the history of fruit growing in the Grand Valley. Emma (Berg) Nagel describes her family’s homestead in the Highpoint area north of Fruita in 1894. She speaks about living in a dugout for three years, clearing the land for cultivation, and the family’s fruit orchard. Charles and Nagel both discuss the various crops grown around...
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Margaret Snook describes the voyage to the United States from her native Scotland in 1910, and life in the Van Houten mining camp near Raton, Colorado. She and her daughter Ida May (Snook) Waggoner talk about William T. and Clara P. Snook, and their establishment of a homestead in what became known as Snooks Bottom. Margaret Snook discusses life in Craig and Axel, Colorado, where she and her husband Guy Snook worked supplying homesteaders with various...
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An agricultural cooperative organized in 1937, with Harry Bridges of Palisade serving as the first manager. It helped farmers market and ship produce. They used the mountain lion brand associated with their predecessor, the Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association. The Western Colorado Producers Cooperative became the Cooperative Producers Association, and then Mountain Lion Fruit, Inc. in 1961. In 1971, Mountain Lion Fruit was bought out by...
95) Dave Knight
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According to oral history interviewee Charles Burg, who broke horses with Knight and camped with him, Knight’s mother was a Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma, and he continued with many traditional ways, including use of the soap weed’s root as a dishrag, and the use of a “stockade” corral constructed from horizontal and vertical poles. He also used Mormon Tea to brew a kind of tea. Burg describes Knight as tall and dark with black hair. He probably...
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Mabelle Clymer discusses life in Clifton, Colorado in the early Twentieth century, and the history of her family there. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
97) Benton Canon
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Prominent early Grand Junction resident who built the Canon Block at Fourth and Main Streets. He was also one of the founders of Palisade, Colorado, and platted its streets. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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Harry Gardner discusses his life in Mesa County as a road construction worker for 50 years, working on projects throughout the county and helping to build many roads. He also talks about his love of horse racing. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Jessie Brisbin talks about her early life in Kansas, living in a sod house, working on the farm, attending school, dancing, and making clothes from flour sacks. She speaks about country life and community there. She describes her marriage at the age of eighteen, moving to Nebraska in 1907, and moving again to Colorado by covered wagon in 1913. She recalls her life in Collbran and her husband’s job in a coal mine. She remembers living on various...
100) Joseph John Egger
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Early Mesa County resident, fruit farmer, and cattle rancher. He was born in Blackhawk, Colorado to Michael Egger, an immigrant from the Germanic Tyrol region, and Josephine (Hime) Egger from North Carolina. In 1891, when he was ten years old, his parents settled the area just northeast of Grand Junction, where they planted fruit trees. The 1900 United States Census shows the family living in the Allen area (Fruitvale). As a child he herded the family's...
