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1522. Interview of Jack Ott
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Ira Caley talks about growing up on a farm near Grants Pass, Oregon and in the town of Springfield, Oregon. He speaks about the difficulty of his home life and joining the Marines at the age of seventeen. He recalls basic training, early rumblings about the Vietnam War in 1963, being assigned to the 1st Batallion, 11th Marines, training for jungle warfare in the Philippines, and landing in Vietnam as part of an invasion force in October 1965. He describes...
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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 Four Seasons of Sports.
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Ethel Keleher talks about growing up in Kansas, moving to a ranch near Trinidad when she was nineteen, and her family. She remembers her husband, children, and how cancer affected their lives. She speaks about living on a homestead in Fowler, where they raised poultry, and sold eggs and milk. She recalls arriving in Mesa County in 1923, shopping and riding the streetcar in Grand Junction, and businesses in Fruita. She speaks about working with fruit...
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An oral history interview that took place on July 30th 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. Davine Pera interviewed Cleona Parker Crozier about her life.
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An oral history interview, in Telluride, Colorado, that took place on July 30th 1990, in which Davine Pera interviewed Cleona and Harold Crozier.
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An oral history interview, in which Joan Schmitz interviews Marianne Wells Glasier as part of the Wilkinson Public Library's oral history project, in Telluride, Colorado.
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Ruth Morris talks about her life growing up on a ranch in the Kannah Creek area of Mesa County, Colorado in the 1910’s and 1920’s. She speaks about her grandfather and parents, who came to Grand Junction in the 1890’s, about her grandfather’s saloon, her father’s job as a cook at the Pasttime Café, and the band her parents formed (they were both musicians). She recalls her marriage to Lawrence Learned and their ranch in Kannah Creek. She...
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Arline Cantril talks about her childhood in Salida, Colorado. She speaks about her marriage to James Cantril, their subsequent move to Leadville, where her husband worked in the Climax Mine, and mining life. She remembers her move to the Starr District of Mesa County, near Loma, after her husband’s bout with pneumonia in the 1930’s, and describes their farm. She recalls returning to Lake County and mining life after the Federal Government mandated...
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An oral history interview with Ella Pilcher in June of 1979 in Telluride, Colorado, about Ella's life. The interviewer is unknown.
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Hired in January of 1963, Jim "JC" Clarke was a member of the original Vail Ski Patrol. Ski patrol personnel of that era needed to be game for new experiences and a jack-of-all-trades. In this Vail Valley Voices History Nugget, Clarke discussed repair of the first telephone wires on Vail Mountain. Lodgepole pines that swayed readily in the wind served as poles for the phone lines.
JC Clarke was interviewed for the Vail Valley Voices oral history...
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J.B. Wooten, a longtime teacher in Grand Junction, Colorado, talks about aspects of life in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Mesa County in the 1930’s. Wooten, who began working for the CCC as a Lead Man in 1932, describes both the regular CCC camp and the transient-labor CCC camp that existed on the Colorado National Monument during that time. He speaks about working conditions, hazards, accidents, and fatalities in work that CCC members conducted...
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A Voices & Visions (KOTO Radio) show and an oral history recording, from the Wilkinson Public Library, in Telluride, Colorado, in which Johnnie Stevens and Charles Upton interviewed Gary Bennett and Bucky Schuler. The date of the recording is unknown. The Fourth of July and Christmas in Telluride are discussed.
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A KOTO Radio's Voices & Visions show, in which an oral history interview was given by Charles Upton, who interviewed Cecil Goldsworthy, a long time miner in Telluride, Colorado.
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An oral history interview, in which Albina Clemente was interviewed by Telluride school children in 1980. Albina talks about her life in Telluride, Colorado.
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Bill Mack is interviewed about a bear entering his camp while on a hunting trip. Another anonymous individual recounts a series of proverbial sayings.
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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 Roundhouse Days.
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An oral history, that is currently on cassette tape at the Wilkinson Public Library: Museum Tape MU38 Side A: Alta (Wood) Allan. Interviewed by Sandra Johnson and Alta Cassietto 4/25/75:
00-12 Introduction of Alta Allan. She lived in Telluride for a number of years and first moved there in 1919. Not married at the time. Worked in the telephone office. Named various girls that worked there. Future husband (Charlie) was in the service and they...
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Bea Underwood talks about moving to Battlement Mesa with her parents in 1917. She recalls her parents’ farm and ranch, and the various ranches that her parents purchased. She speaks about her father’s general store in Parachute (then Grand Valley). She remembers her long career as a school teacher in the Grand Valley, teaching first grade (Bea Underwood Elementary School in Parachute is named for her), and her husband’s career as a section foreman...