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Janielle Westermire talks about growing up in Grand Junction, Colorado, where her father ministered at the Handy Chapel. She speaks about feeling she lived in a safe, close knit community, but also about racism she experienced as a child. She describes the inspiring life of her father, Harry Butler, who worked in hydrology with the Bureau of Reclamation before becoming the first African-American school board member in Mesa County and the first African-American...
302) Lux Aquilae 1925
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Lux Aquilae was the official yearbook of Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado. The literal translation from latin means “light eagle”. Each yearbook contains photographs of students, teachers, administrators, sports teams, clubs, activities, and the school and town itself.
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Seven high school students dressed in Hawaiian attire, Red Cliff Union High School. They are standing in the school library.
L to R: Lavinia Warren, Gwen Jude, Gloria Lucero, Mary F. Bayer [Baldo], Marvel Ashlock [Barnes], Ruby Dump [Crye], Audrey Weber
304) Gwen Jude
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School photograph of Gwen Jude, 1945-1946 school year (Red Cliff Union High School)
305) School at Pando
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Six children and a dog standing in the snow in front of the school at Pando on May 10, 1933.
Inscription on back: "Presented to Ronald Dunifs (?) by Mrs. Stratton Smith." In 1890, Pando was School District No. 12. By 1893, it was included in School District No. 2 with Mitchell. In 1897, it joined School District No. 1, Red Cliff and by the early 1900s, was not mentioned as a separate entity. Pando, a sheep and agricultural valley, became Camp Hale....
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Same as 1983.001.012
Second of three school buildings in Red Cliff.
Class picture of primary room students outside the Red Cliff School on February 11, 1921. The eleven girls are seated in a row with eleven boys behind them. The teacher is standing behind the two rows of students. Icicles are hanging from the roof of the building. A sign on the school says, ”State of Colorado, Standard School, Approved Class.”
Front row: 2d from left, Edith...
307) Class of '46
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Class officers and sponsor of the Red Cliff Union High School Class of 1946. Included is a photo of the high school.
L to R top: Regina Mae Erlandson (Pres.), Mr. J. W. Mackey (Sponsor), Ellenora R. Williams (Sec.-Treas.)
L to R bottom: Bruce Beck, Hugh Riley Jr., Paul Gusman
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Della Crider talks about her life on a farm in the Fruita, Colorado area, and teaching at the Rhone School. 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.
309) The Miner 1947
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The 1947 edition of The Miner begins with a photograph of the iconic Mount of the Holy Cross and features many other photographs of Red Cliff throughout. Administration, faculty, and the school board are featured. Many school board members and faculty were also employed by important local businesses, such as Fleming Lumber Company and Empire Zinc. The influence of the nearby mines is present in every edition of The Miner, and not just in name. Many...
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Early Grand Junction resident Ruth Larson describes her life as a teacher and principal in Mesa County schools. 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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Dudley W. Mitchell discusses his family history, early Colorado mining days, and his various jobs working for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad over fifty years. 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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Eva Wood Leslie discusses her family’s farm life on Pinon Mesa, Colorado, sheep farming, chores done around the home, and school teaching in Mesa County. 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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Vern Wood discusses his life as an early Mesa County resident, homesteader in Pinon Mesa, and cattle rancher on Glade Park. Wood and his wife Bernice also discuss the building of the Serpent’s Trail on the Colorado National Monument, life at local schools, country dances on Glade Park, transportation methods, and murder scandals that occurred around Glade Park. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Early settler Gladys Carnahan describes her life growing up in Grand Junction, Colorado, including horse and buggy excursions with her father, school and social activities with friends, and attending the Mesa County Fair. She talks about her early involvement in the First United Methodist Church. She also discusses becoming ill during the Spanish Flu pandemic, furnishings in her family’s home, and being forced to support her family on a teacher’s...
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Lorene Roice talks about her childhood growing up on a farm in Kansas, childhood chores, music, dances, dating, holiday celebrations, and her involvement in 4-H. She also discusses her life in Grand Junction, Colorado, her husband Joe Roice, and their cofounding of the Roice-Hurst Humane Society, Grand Junction’s first animal shelter. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and...
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Dorothy Tindall talks about the early days of Whitewater, Colorado as a rail center for cattle and stock. She speaks about the administrative organization of schools prior to the consolidation of Mesa County School District 51, her development of Mesa County’s first school hot lunch program at the Star School, games kids played at recess, about her work educating the children of migrant laborers who lived in La Colonia, and her role in the development...
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Mary Rait explains how Grand Junction Junior College was created (later to become Colorado Mesa University), and her role there as teacher, administrator, and lastly, as vice president. She mentions the various deans and their accomplishments. She tells about the growth of the school as it became Mesa College and its eventual change into a four-year school. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa...
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Dr. Andrew Gulliford, head of The Country School Legacy Project (a survey of rural schools over eight states, funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities) presents information from the project in a lecture at the Museum of Western Colorado. The lecture includes reflections from rural school teachers in Colorado, including teaching techniques, discipline problems, infectious diseases, and issues with poorly constructed buildings. Teachers also...
