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44203) Helen Gladys (Rambo) Hyde
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She was born in Whitewater, Colorado to William H. Rambo and Charlotte (Baer) Rambo. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a homemaker. Her family often sang songs together until the death of Helen’s brother when she was twelve. US Census records show that they lived in Kannah Creek in 1920, when Helen was eight years old, and on California Mesa in Delta County in 1930.
She married Fred L. Yates in Moab, Utah on February 24, 1935. The 1940...
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Warren Kiefer talks about his career as a fireman and engineer on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and working the line between Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt Lake City. He gives specifics about the technical aspects of the fireman position on a steam locomotive. He speaks about the relationship between the fireman and the engineer, and tells stories about comical and contentious interactions between different workers. He explains the purpose...
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Eda Musser talks about her wedding day and honeymoon with Kelso Musser, and about evidence of Ute Indian habitation that was still present in Escalante Canyon in 1910. She also discusses travel through the canyon, its inhabitants, ranching practices in the canyon, and the fire that destroyed the Musser’s ranch house. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western...
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Newscasts, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado, provided by Jon Kovash, Deb Laity, and Eva Bennett. Topics include:
12/03/1990:
Commissioners pass compromise on land use code town swings. Debt refinancing council will again consider new gondola agreement. Study shows strong tourism economy in southwest Colorado. We've got high school and middle school news and today's weather report
12/4/1990:
--Sheriff's department still investigating...
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The is image was captured on 15 April 2024 by Keri Inoye, who is the Community Engagement Manager of the nonprofit organization, Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT). Founded in 1981, EVLT is based in Edwards, Colorado and is nationally accredited by the Land Trust Alliance. This Earth Week celebration featured an Ethnobotany Tour of Brush Creek Valley Ranch Open Space (BCVROS) and was held at the BCVROS Salt Creek Trailhead area. The presenter, Lynn...
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A KOTO newscast, from 09/09/1994 To 09/22/1994, featuring Jon Kovash and Eric Whitney. Here are the headlines:
09/09/1994: The county logging task force sets goals and schedules field trips. Faraway plans to expand on Wilson Mesa. The film festival leaves KOTO awash in beer. Those stories and today's mountain weather forecast.
09/12/1994: The council will discuss campers' housing and water conservation, LP denies rumors of a plant closing, Keesler...
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Alex Bauer talks extensively about this history of his family, part of the German community of Morganthau in Russia. He recounts their immigration to the United States in the years before the Russian Revolution. He remembers his dad’s career as a machinist for Missouri Pacific Railroad and then the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. He also recounts his own career as a machinist. He speaks about his parrallel career as the shop steward International...
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Image of San Juan RS on August 15, 1937. The station is a small wooden building with a shingled roof. The station has two front entrances; one is a front door and the other is larger possibly for a car. The station is fenced in with one large gate in the front. To the right of the gate a sign reads San Juan Station. To the right two men are seen conversing. To the left there are large pine trees. A dirt road is seen in the foreground. In the bottom...
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Dudley Mitchell discusses his childhood in Leadville during the early Twentieth century, and historic mines and railroads in the Leadville area. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
44214) Alexander R. "Alex" Bauer
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He was born to George Bauer and Katherine “Katie” (Hosseiler) Bauer in Morganthau, Russia. His family belonged to a community of Germans living there. Fearing revolution, his family immigrated to the United States in 1913, when Alex was four years old.
His father found work as a blacksmith in Kansas and then with the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Idaho in 1917. His mother was a homemaker. Alex and his siblings could not speak English when they...
44215) San Juan RS - 1930
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Image of San Juan RS in 1930. I fence hedge row is seen running from left to right. To the right there is a small wooden building in the back. To the left there is a larger wooden building behind the hedge row.
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In a lecture sponsored by Mesa County Libraries, Professor Don MacKendrick talks about the cultural history of the Grand Valley, framing that history in the context of the broader American settlement of the West. He reports on the rowdiness on Colorado Avenue that accompanied Grand Junction’s founding, followed by the quick establishment of social norms and cultural organizations. He describes Grand Junction’s early theaters and performance spaces,...
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Caleb Ferganchick describes what slam poetry means to him. He addresses the intersection of performance poetry with his self-identification as a rural queer poet. He talks about his writing practice, his need to carve out time to write on a regular basis, and about momentary inspiration as a fuel in the creative process. He speaks about the importance of poetry and art in the creation of community for marginalized people, the role of his poetry in...
44218) Chester Fred "Chet" Crowley
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He was born to Chester F. Crowley Sr. and Gladys K. (Haynes) Crowley in Birmingham, Alabama. The family moved to Western Colorado in 1936, when he was about seven years old. The 1940 US Census shows Chet, his younger sister and brother living alone with their mother in De Beque. She later remarried. He attended the Palisade School and later obtained his US Army GED.
He served in the US Army from May 19th, 1948 until 1968. He enlisted in Denver,...
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Chester Crowley, who grew up in Western Colorado, talks about his experiences in the U.S. Army. He remembers the basic training that prepared him for the Korean War, and being assigned as a military intelligence analyst with the US Army’s First Infantry Division during the Vietnam War. He speaks about his contacts with the Vietnamese people, with allied Vietnamese units, and about fighting against the Vietcong. He gives his view of race relations...
