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Samuel "Sam" Haslem discusses his work as an air ambulance pilot in western Colorado, his agricultural upbringing in Utah, and his role as Routt County Extension Officer. He also describes his contributions to the Routt County Fair and 4-H program.
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Lucille Mahannah, an early education and civic leader in Mesa County, describes her early life on the Hunter Ranch, a ranch established by her family in what later became the Hunter District. She also talks about her career in education as a teacher and as the Mesa County Superintendent of Schools. 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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Ernest W. Hicks talks about early life in Missouri and in Egypt, where his father was a missionary. He also discusses his work as a carpenter in Mesa County, Colorado, his passion for crafting muzzle-loading rifles and hunting, and his friendship with the artist Harold Bryant. Harriett Hicks talks about her work in the Kuner Canning Company in Appleton. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
44) Edward W. Martin
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He was born in Tehachapi, California. He married Gula Jayne on October 3, 1901 in Toppenish, Washington. They moved to a homestead near Whitewater in Mesa County, Colorado in 1908. He worked as a carpenter and a farmer, and was also the postal carrier on the Star line from Whitewater to Gateway for 20 years. He built the original Gateway school house in 1912 and several homes on 28 ½ Road on Orchard Mesa.
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Real estate appraisal card. 108 Lower (or North) F Street, lots 24-26, block 5, in Salida, Colorado.
This building appears to have been erected between the fire of March 1886 and the time of the Sanborn map in September 1886. The previous building on the site was destroyed in the fire of March 1886 (as verified by a historic photograph), but this building appears on the September 1886 Sanborn map. The 1886 Sanborn map indicates the building housed...
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He was born in Illinois. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, and came to Grand Junction, Colorado in order to recover from a war injury sometime between 1900 and 1904. There he met his future wife, Alice Coombs, who was teaching in Kannah Creek. They married in Salt Lake City in 1904, and lived in Park City for a time. In 1906, he bought a ranch on Salt Creek, near Collbran, where they lived with their child. The family moved again when...
47) Camp Hale Ledger
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Camp Hale ledger that was most likely used for keeping track of the soldiers tabs at the local commissary. It was the property of Lt. Olive Peppard, W.A.C.
Includes a letter from Camp Hale field director John Stowers addressed to the Vienna City Laundry in Leadville, Colorado.
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Finding Aid for the Gossard Family Collection held by the Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
NUMBER: 11.539
TITLE: Gossard Family Collection
CREATOR: H.W Gossard, Bill Gossard, Gloria Gossard
DATES: 1901-1997
MEDIA: paper
LOCATION: Collection Facility, upstairs, Rack 1, Sec. C, Shelf 1
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open for Research and Use. Permission to publish material must be obtained from Tread...
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He was born in Montana and went to high school in Grand Junction, Colorado. He went to Western Colorado University (then Western State College), where he became knowledgeable about the Little Book Cliff Railway and the town of Carpenter. He delivered a lecture on the Little Book Cliff Railway to the Mesa County Historical Society in November 1979. At that time, he was a resident of Gunnison, Colorado. Along with Robert W. McLeod, he published the...
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She was born in Mountaindale, Pennsylvania to George W. Ross and Sarah A. (Miller) Ross. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a homemaker. The family moved to Iowa when she was at a young age, and she grew up in the Dutch community of Pella. After finishing school, she taught school and was a soprano in the church choir. She quit teaching when she married Thaddeus Harp, who owned a meat market. Together they moved to Meeker and then to Rifle,...
51) 225 D Street
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Real estate appraisal card. 225 D Street, lots 14-17, block 29, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built in 1885, according to Chaffee County Assessor records. William M. Henderson and Nettie Henderson lived at this address in 1903. William was a repairman for D&RG. Andrew Tubbs, a laborer, lived here by 1906. He married Anna in 1894. Andrew was born in Pennsylvania in 1863 and Anna was born in New York in 1869. By 1910 Andrew was working...
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Real estate appraisal card. 227 E. Sackett Avenue, lots 7 + 1/2 of 8, block 3, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built between 1898 and 1904. In 1906, David C. Kern, a carpenter for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived at this house. He was born in Ohio in 1868. His wife, Eva W. Kern, was born in Missouri in 1869. They were married in 1888. The couple had a daughter, Crystal M. Kern, who was born in Kansas in 1893. By 1910, they had moved...
53) 224 D Street
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Real estate appraisal card. 224 D Street, lots 6-7, block 30, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was erected in 1900 according to the Chaffee County Assessor. Charles "Charlie" B. Chapman, a carpenter, lived at this house in 1903-04. Gharles was born in Missouri in 1865. The 1900 US Census showed Chapman living with his wife, Octavia J., who was born in 1869 in Missouri. The Salida address was not given in that year. Clay Davidson was a roomer with...
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An oral history interview, that took place on November 9, 1990 between Davine Pera and Sylvia Blackburn. The interview is about one hour, 13 minutes long. Here is the transcription:
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Address: 208 Halto Via Circle, Durango CO 81301
November 9, 1990
Durango Colorado
Davine Pera
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Early history of father. Birth date and place.
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Served 7 years in Germany...
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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 Mesa County Minerals.
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57) Bob Gilbert
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Robert James "Bob' Gilbert describes his upbringing in Routt County and Denver. After serving time in World War II, Bob retured to Oak Creek where he worked on automobile bodies and repairs.
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Details about the founding of the Tread of Pioneers Museum and stories about the collection are provided through interviews with Irene Padgett and Jim Stanko.
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Identified in error as Frances (Dorr) Wheeler in the article "Frances (Dorr) Wheeler".
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In this interview with two Steamboat Springs high school students, Elaine Gay talks about her family, their cattle ranch and the equipment used to grow and harvest hay. In the course of the conversation Elaine reveals her love of cooking and flower gardening.
