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40541) John Raymond Brumgardt
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Former director of the Museums of Western Colorado. He was born in Riverside, California and received his PhD in American History from University of California Riverside in 1974, when he was 28. He worked for several museums and public entities as director or in a historical capacity, including the Museums of Western Colorado from 1978-84. With Al Look and Robert “Bob” Collins, he served on Grand Junction’s Centennial Committee, which celebrated...
40542) "Firecracker" Frank Garrison
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An officer for the C.D. Smith Drug Company. He was also a member of the Grand Junction Lions Club. Garrison had access to fireworks through his job at C.D. Smith, and Al Look recalls that he always kept some in his pocket. At one Lions Club meeting, he lit fireworks under the chair of Dr. Everett E.H. Munro, which frightened Munro and made him angry with Garrison for years after. He eventually went into the pizza business in Denver. He returned for...
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A picture taken by Craig Muhonen of hang gliding on the valley floor, near Telluride, Colorado. The date is probably in the 1970's.
40544) Craig “Munch” Muhonen
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Here is an email from Craig Muhonen, dated 9/23/22:
"I was born October 28th, , 1946, in Gardner Mass. and spent a lot of time at my Grandfathers general store in Barnard Vt. . I came to this little town (Telluride, Colorado) on a whim, after Vietnam, in May of 1971 with my dog Munch, and the first person I met was Everett Morrow who looked this Marine Veteran and California surfer up and down, but took my money for a camp site in town park, and...
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This is a picture of a hang glider landing on main street in Telluride, Colorado. Here is a story of the history of hang gliding in Telluride, written by Craig Muhonen:
"Clint Wolf’s lumber building was the “parking” area for the TAF gliders, in the early “daze”, and as you can see by the amount of locals on main street, I mean the whole town sometimes, like bombing the avalanches, came out to watch TAF fliers and their friends.
It...
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Grace Traynor talks about her son Harold Baker Wood and his service as a Boatswain’s Mate aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. She discusses her son’s death during the attack and subsequent medals he received. She speaks about the enlistment of her sons in the armed forces during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce, and about their lives in Grand Junction as young adults. The interview was conducted...
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She was born in Harper, Iowa to Peter Baker and Amelia (Burkenbine) Baker. In 1900, when Grace was 4, the US Census shows the family living in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, where Grace’s father was a farm laborer and her mother was a homemaker. According to Grace, she attended grade school in Glenburn, North Dakota.
By 1910, Peter and Amelia Baker had divorced and Grace was living with her mother in Montrose, North Dakota, where Amelia was a servant...
40549) Harold Baker Wood
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He was born to Grace Lydia (Baker) Wood and Herbert Wood in Fargo, North Dakota. His father was an inspector for the F&M Street Railroad Company. His mother was a homemaker. The 1930 US Census shows that his mother remarried to David R. Moe, and Harold and his brother Donald are shown living with them in Jamestown, North Dakota at the ages of 10 and 13.
The boys moved with their mother to Grand Junction, Colorado around that time, where they finished...
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An oral history interview, which took place on August 12, 1992, between Davine Pera and Grace and Harold Brewer. The length is about an hour and a half. Here is the transcription:
Brewer, Harold & Grace
OH78
1625 Dover Rd, Montrose, CO 81401
Aug. 12, 1992
Davine Pera
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CD1
42 tracks
47:17
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31 tracks
47:14
CD1
T1
Intro
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History of Grace's parents. Father came from England to Ophir to work in the mines. He...
40553) Town of Mesa rodeo
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A rodeo organized in part by cowboy and rancher Walter Richard “Dick” Lloyd. It took place in Mesa and attracted competition from nearby areas. According to Lloyd, the rodeo offered no prize money, but organizations such as the Denver Livestock Commission Company would donate bridles and other prizes. Lloyd often won the roping challenge, while his wife Bertha, a great horseback rider, often won the cowgirl award.
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An oral history transcription from an oral history interview that took place in August of 1988. David Atkinson was the interviewer and Grace & Harold Brewer were the interviewees.
40556) Ezra D. Stewart
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He was born in Illinois to George W. Stewart and Phebe Ann (Burns) Stewart. His father was a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. US Census records show the family living in Trivoli, Illinois in 1870, when Ezra was seven years old. Phebe Stewart died in 1872. Illinois marriage records show that George Stewart subsequently remarried to Susan Kimsey in 1874.
According to the 1880 US Census, the family was still living in Trivoli when Ezra was 19....
40557) Walt Carmack
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He was a cowboy who worked in the Plateau Valley area of Mesa County. According to oral history interviewee Walter “Dick” Lloyd, who worked with Carmack, he worked primarily running cattle in the area of Sunnyside Road between Collbran and De Beque. Lloyd also states that Carmack was “an awful boozer at times back in bootleg times,” but that he quit drinking.
40558) Walter Richard "Dick" Lloyd
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He was born to Sidney Lloyd and Jessie Irene (Knusen) Lloyd in Palisade, Colorado. His parents came from Overland, Kansas and settled in Palisade in 1887. His father was a fruit farmer and, reputedly, a horse trader. His mother was a homemaker. Dick had two brothers: Merle and Sidney.
His family moved frequently. The 1910 US Census shows the family living in Goshen, Utah on a fruit farm, when Dick was two. According to the article, “History rides...
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She was born to John B. Robinson and Bertha (Brandt) Robinson in the town of Mesa on the Grand Mesa. Her mother died due to complications of the birth. She was raised by Arthur and Mati Johnson. Arthur was a farmer and the son of Swedish and Danish immigrants. Mati was a homemaker. The 1920 US Census shows the family living east of the town of Mesa, when Bertha was eleven. She worked as a clerk in the Lee Prewett Store.
While a teenager, she suffered...
