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Bertha Schlegel discusses growing up in Loma, Colorado and helping her family raise beets for Holly Sugar, and making sauerkraut, pickled apples, pickled watermelon and other ethnic food with her mother, who was a German immigrant from Russia. She also remembers her education and school activities throughout her childhood, including field days at the Fruita Central School and Grand Junction High School. She talks about obtaining a teaching degree,...
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Addie Mudgett talks about her engagement to her first husband. She remembers coming to Mesa County, Colorado with her second husband and settling on land in the Pomona area. She discusses her life on the farm and the many labor projects she took charge of that were typically done by men. She speaks about working as a registered nurse prior to leaving Nebraska and nursing neighbors to health in Mesa County. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...