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Ann Stokes talks about her father-in-law Walter Stokes and his involvement in Nineteenth century labor strife as a union coal miner in Colorado. She describes his establishment of the Stokes Mine after he moved to Mesa County and describes the mine’s operations. She speaks about early phone service in Palisade. She discusses her mom’s job as a nurse in rural areas, which included tasks like housecleaning, cooking, and sewing baby clothes for new...

Laird Smith talks about his grandfather Frank Smith’s severe case of Tuberculosis that caused the doctor to move with his family to Grand Junction, Colorado. He describes the apartment next to a saloon where the family lived on Main Street, where drunken men would sometimes crawl in through the windows by mistake. He discusses his father Silmon Smith’s “spartan” upbringing, his camping alone on the Grand Mesa for long stretches when he was...

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...