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Harold Stafford talks about coming to Western Colorado during the Great Depression to join the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). He describes working on the construction of Rim Rock Drive as part of the Colorado National Monument CCC camp. He discusses the Rim Rock Drive road-building disaster, in which nine men were killed by a mistimed blast. He speaks about Rod Day, the education coordinator in the camp, and a former newspaper man who had murdered...
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Elbert Miracle talks about working with the Civilian Conservation Corps crews who built Rim Rock Drive on the Colorado National Monument, and about the accident that killed nine local men, including his brother-in-law. He also talks about working on the Federal crews that built the Land’s End Observatory on the Grand Mesa. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums...
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Chemical engineer Adam Reeves talks about his time in the Civilian Conservation Corps camp on the Colorado National Monument as a CCC enrollee, beginning in 1935. He describes the military and civilian leadership of the camp, the vague military structure that enrollees were expected to adhered to, and the lifestyle and recreation at the camp. He speaks about the mess hall, cooks and food, describes the barracks, and the educational advisor. He talks...