Mesa County (Colo.) -- History
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In a Mesa County Historical Society panel discussion about Plateau Valley history, Emma McCreanor reads a paper about the history of the valley and of the Ute people. Eleanor Harris reads a paper about the history of the Plateau Valley Hospital. Helen Young speaks about early post offices in the area. Randy Fosburgh sings a selection of music. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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In a two-part interview carried out over two days, Howard Shults talks about his experiences as a rancher and auctioneer on Colorado’s Western Slope. In part one, he talks about the arrival of his parents in Mesa County in 1903, their teaching careers at Pear Park and in Fruita, and his father’s move to a career as an auctioneer. He speaks about his childhood in Grand Junction and Collbran, his graduation from Grand Junction High School in 1923,...
