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Helen Johnson talks about moving to Denver, Colorado from Cleveland, Ohio at a young age and growing up in different places in Colorado. She talks about the fraudulent land sale that first brought her family to Delta County, Colorado in 1910, and that took her father’s life savings. She discusses living in a rented log cabin in Hotchkiss, her mother working as a hired washerwoman and housekeeper, and her father’s difficulty finding gainful employment...
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Philip Griebel talks about his life as an educator and a coach at Fruita High School. He remembers the fire that burnt down the first Fruita Union High School in 1934. He describes teaching topics in science and math for 28 years. He speaks about his career as a basketball, football, and track coach, remembers school and community involvement in the games, and rivalries between Fruita and high schools in Delta, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Montrose,...
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In this recording, Alta Nolan reads the memoirs of Cordelia Files. Files talks about the history of her parents and maternal grandparents who homesteaded in the Fruita, Colorado area in the 1890’s. She describes the fruit growing operation on the homestead. She recounts seeing the Ute people and Chipeta when they came in the fall to dry fruit from the orchard. She remembers early Fruita, with its dirt streets and plank sidewalks. She speaks about...
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In an event at the Museums of Western Colorado, Sylvia Ruland lectures about the Ludlow Massacre: the killing of striking mine workers and their families, including women and children, by the Colorado National Guard and hired strike breakers on April 20, 1914. She describes the poor working conditions for coal miners and the mistreatment of immigrants that led to a coal strike in Colorado in 1913-14. She talks about the men who owned mining interests...
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Peach Street Revival is a psychedelic blues rock, sweet guitar and bass riffin’ mouth-full! One delicious bite… after one delicious bite! May I have another, please?!!
Front woman Gonzales will croon you back to Woodstock with the band’s original songs and renditions of what seems to be a list from the summer of love: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Heart,...
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She was born in Cleveland, Ohio to John Lawrence Young and Emily Jane (Scatliff) Young. Her father was a tool and die maker. Her mother was a stenographer and homemaker. She spent some time living with her grandparents in her youth. She had two brothers, Willard and Art. She took 1st grade in Bedford Township, Ohio then 2nd grade in Englewood, Colorado. She did well enough in school to make up a lost grade and then skip another one.
By 1913, the...
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In a general meeting of the Mesa County Historical Society, Armand de Beque describes the history of oil shale development in De Beque and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. He offers three stories for how it was discovered that oil shale can burn. He describes the founding of the Shale Oil Syndicate, an organization founded by his father, Dr. W.A.E. de Beque, William R. Warren, George Newton, and William Dinkel. He explains the lengthy process the Shale...
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Anna (Weckel) Peck discusses the history of her family in early Fruita, Colorado, and social life and customs of the time. 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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Helen and Clarence Swanson discuss the history of their families in early Fruita, and Fruita buildings and organizations. 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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Ruby Luton discusses the history of Atchee, the Uintah Railway, and the early history of Fruita. 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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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 Immigrants.
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John Sylvester Long discusses the religious life and customs in the Church of the Brethren, and the early Twentieth century history of Fruita and Loma, Colorado. 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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Adam Reeves describes his education, which includes a degree from the University of Denver and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He also mentions his military service in Europe during the 1940s. He arrived in Western Colorado in October 1947 and worked as a federal employee for the Anvil Points Research Facility near Rifle, CO. He explains that the facility was operated by the United States Bureau of Mines after the...
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Fred Bowman and Helen (Bowman) Lane discuss their father’s opening of the first slaughterhouse in Grand Junction, the history of downtown buildings, and the lives of young people in early Twentieth century Mesa County. 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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A KOTO newscast, from 09/23/1994 To 10/06/1994, featuring Jon Kovash and Eric Whitney. Here are the headlines:
09/23/1994: TelSki gets back in the development business, that story and more plus a weekend weather report and personal commentaries.
09/26/1994: A full plate of housing issues for council tomorrow. Jake, the canine, sniffs down a suspect in an attempted sexual assault. Club 20 will kick off three days of tourism talk in Telluride. We...
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A KOTO newscast, from 08/05/1994 To 08/25/1994, featuring Jon Kovash, Geoff Hanson, & Eric Whitney. This recording is damaged and has low-volume and is inaudible in many places. Here are the headlines:
08/05/1994: Norwood is running out of water. Magazine survey ranks Telluride Ski Area 12th best in Rockies. New Sam Shepard film screened Sunday to benefit institute's Native American programs. National Public Radio will bring Telluride Jazz Celebration...
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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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In a lecture at Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa University), Zelda Rouillard talks about the life of the outlaw Belle Starr and about her image in folklore, dime novels, and movies. 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 of Belle Starr
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Typed copy of the Perry Abraham Burgess Diary. A day-to-day account of early pioneer life in North West Colorado in the latter half of the 19th century. Includes descriptions of the Yampa Valley, wildlife, weather, and geological observations.
Part of the Perry A. Burgess Collection held by the Tread of Pioneers Museum in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
