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In an interview recorded November 8, 1977, Fred Ames and his wife Emma Lillian (Stocks) Ames discuss the history of Sinbad Valley and its settlement by his family and others.
In second and third interviews recorded on November 15 and December 3, 1977 (transcript only*), Fred Ames talks about the McCarty Gang, their stomping grounds in Sinbad Valley and nearby Eastern Utah, and about meeting Tom McCarty as a child. He discusses homesteading and...
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Six radio plays written by Wilson Rockwell, based in part on short histories he wrote for his book Sunset Slope, and broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The programs include: Episode 17 – The Double Cross (0:00), Episode 18 – The Black Mesa Gunfight (13:49), Episode 19 – The Monument Creek Killings (27:49), Episode 20 – The White River Canyon Indian Fight (40:49), Episode 21 – The Beaver Creek...
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Minnie Rasmussen talks about family friend John Jarvie, the proprietor of a general store in Bridgeport, Colorado when she was growing up in Browns Park, and about his murder. She talks about her family’s trips to Rock Springs, Wyoming for supplies. She describes finding a friend, George Minnie, dead when she checked on him after the snow had melted and the roads were clear. She speaks about growing up knowing outlaws and characters such as Matt...