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Marie Tipping talks about the history of her family in Mesa County, Colorado and on the Western Slope. She speaks about her grandfather Thad Duckett, a miner, an early rancher on Pinon Mesa, and the operator of the Duckett Burgman Sawmill on East Creek in the 1880’s. She describes the Duckett Burgman Sawmill company. She gives the history of George Corn, a rancher and foreman on the S-Cross Ranch, and of the Corn family. The interview was conducted...
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Hubert R. Gallagher discusses his father’s career on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, early 20th Century life in Grand Junction, and his own career in the Federal Government. 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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Charles Moore discusses ranch life in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, and the ranchers and cowboys who populated the area in the early Twentieth century. 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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Bill Wallace talks about his family's pioneer ranching history in Cisco, Utah, about taking cattle by train to Kansas City, and about different ranches and people of Grand County, Utah. He also discusses petrified turtles that were discovered in the building of I-70, and Native American artifacts and sites such as the Owl Rock near the old Turner Ranch. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...