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John Buchholz standing next to a bear, hung from a tree after the hunt.
2) Bear hunting
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Grant Deeble, on left holding rifle, standing next to another hunter (named Baker). In front of them is a bear carcass, draped on a sawhorse. Automobile and cabin in background.
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Edward, Willis (father), Mike and Bob Nottingham at Beaver Creek with bear. Rifle in foreground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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"A man that A.G. [Alfred] Borah took on a hunting trip. These are trophies he brought home." - from Alda Borah. Caption on front of photograph says "Geo. P. Ryan", perhaps the name of the hunter pictured.
The photo is in a store of some kind, with shelving visible at left. The hunter pictured is holding a rifle, with another firearm on his waist, and standing next to a large bear posed in a menacing position. The bear cubs, however, are serving...
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Bernice Carney tells the story of her German immigrant parents and their homesteading life in Kansas and Collbran, Colorado. She also discusses her life growing up on a ranch, teaching in Glade Park, and her nurse’s training. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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In a lecture to the Grand Junction Lions Club, given just days before he died, prominent water law attorney Silmon Smith talks about his life and the history of Grand Junction (the lecture was broadcast hours later on KREX radio). He remembers his family’s arrival in the town in the 1890’s and early development in Grand Junction. He recalls a colorful Main Street filled with saloons. He speaks about his father Frank Smith’s respiratory illness,...
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Kenneth Thompson describes his life growing up on a farm on Glade Park, Colorado during the early 1900s. Kenneth also discusses the working conditions while employed for the National Park Service during the early days of the Colorado National Monument, the slow pace of life and the social aspects of living on Glade Park, hunting and killing a bear, and stories of the Indians who lived in Mesa County. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
