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Jessie Brisbin talks about her early life in Kansas, living in a sod house, working on the farm, attending school, dancing, and making clothes from flour sacks. She speaks about country life and community there. She describes her marriage at the age of eighteen, moving to Nebraska in 1907, and moving again to Colorado by covered wagon in 1913. She recalls her life in Collbran and her husband’s job in a coal mine. She remembers living on various...
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Joe Carns talks about his upbringing in Kansas and Iowa, his family’s arrival in Colorado, and his family history. He describes Glenwood Canyon, De Beque Canyon, Grand Junction, and other places the family traveled through or stayed. He discusses his early jobs bootlegging, making deliveries, spraying in orchards, and working as a cowboy. He describes the farm and ranching life on Glade Park and Pinon Mesa, talks about the settlement of the area,...