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An oral history recording of Harold & Grace Brewer that took place on August 9, 1988. The interviewer is David Atkinson. The length is about 50 minutes. Topics discussed include: Grace's family history and childhood, including growing up in Ophir during the 1930's, Harold's move to Ophir/Telluride, how Placerville got its name, school in Ophir, the killing of Mr. Bash, the shooting of Mr. Oberto, dances in San Miguel City, Grace's work in the school...
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A picture that was probably taken by Davine Pera on August 12, 1992 of Grace and Harold Brewer for their oral history recording.
40564) Harold Brewer's Genealogy
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Pdf
Harold Brewer's genealogy, recorded 8/2/1992 in the Wilkinson Public Library. Harold is the author.
40566) Red Spider Lilies
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Image
This piece is part of the Artist In Residence collection created in the 970West Studio. It is from the residency of Rebecca Woods (February 1 to May 3, 2021).
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This piece is part of the Artist In Residence collection created in the 970West Studio. It is from the residency of Rebecca Woods (February 1 to May 3, 2021).
40568) Candyfloss Chad
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This piece is part of the Artist In Residence collection created in the 970West Studio. It is from the residency of Rebecca Woods (February 1 to May 3, 2021).
40569) Intertwined Satellites
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Image
This piece is part of the Artist In Residence collection created in the 970West Studio. It is from the residency of Rebecca Woods (February 1 to May 3, 2021).
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Collection
Rebecca Woods served as the fourteenth Mesa County Libraries Artist in Residence at the 970West Studio. The dates of her residency were February 1 - May 3, 2021. During the residency, she kept virtual open studio hours via Zoom on Wednesdays from 3-5 pm, allowing her to showcase her art and creative process for Mesa County residents (all studio hours and programs were virtual due to the covid-19 pandemic). She also gave three public, online educational...
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Video
In a retrospective video covering her period as Artist in Residence at 970West Studio in Mesa County Libraries, Pavia Justinian talks about the inspiration to create art that she receives from found objects in the world around her. She speaks about creative process, color, composition, form and materials that she uses in the creation of mixed media and sculpture. She describes a series of her art pieces, made before and during her residency, that...
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Compound
Ann Stokes talks about homesteading on East Orchard Mesa after her family moved to Mesa County, Colorado in 1904. She remembers her father working on the “fancy” masonry for the Grand Junction train station. She recalls living in a one-room log cabin and sharing that cabin with a horse for an evening. She speaks about the development of irrigation on East Orchard Mesa and her father’s peach orchard. She describes walking with her siblings four...
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Voice Recording
During 1980’s annual meeting of the Last Squad Club, an organization of World War I veterans, Al Look reads the memorial service and former U.S. Representative Wayne Aspinall gives the keynote address. The club remembers deceased members and friends of the club. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
40575) Sylvia Pangrazi Blackburn
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Person
Here is Sylvia's Obituary, taken from The Watch's website:
"Sylvia Pangrazi Blackburn was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Telluride to Fiore and Speranza Pangrazi.
Her parents immigrated to the United States from Austria in 1920. They brought with them the skills of gathering mushrooms, berries and an occasional snowshoe hare to aid their survival.
While as a young woman, Blackburn worked for two summers in the boarding house of the Alta Mines before...
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Organization
A Mesa County organization of World War I servicemen that was organized by American Legion members. According to the Daily Sentinel article "Last Squad Club honors comrades" (Gary Massaro, February 19, 1981), the Last Squad Club was founded during the Great Depression. At its founding in 1936, it numbered 169 members.
Members in the group included Roy Pardew and Jess Burrows, Glen L. Coffman, William W. De Voe, C.M. Fancher, Webb H. Fiene, J....
40577) James Paul Rigg
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Person
An eye, ear, nose and throat doctor in early Grand Junction, Colorado. He was born in Teller County, Colorado to John Creth Rigg and Jessie Mary Rigg. He was also a World War I veteran and a member of the Last Squad Club. US Census records show that he was married to Ruth Magdelene (Hargleroad) Rigg.
40578) James "Jim" Rigg, Jr.
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Person
A pilot who purchased the Drapela Flying School from Eddie Drapela in 1947. He was born to physician James Paul Rigg and homemaker Ruth Magdelene (Hargleroad) Rigg in Nebraska and grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado.
He operated the Drapela Flying School until 1952, when he left Grand Junction, Colorado to go to medical school. He retained the flying service until 1954, when he liquidated the business. He provided most of the flying lessons in...
40579) Barbara Guy
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Person
The Steak Pit restaurant, that much-beloved former Aspen institution, is what most people will associate with Barbara and Peter Guy. The couple helped open the restaurant in 1960, after arriving in Aspen in June of that year. They finally sold the Steak Pit in 2002.
From the beginning of their Aspen tenure, both became well immersed in volunteer work in the community.
Peter Guy served multiple terms on the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning commission...
40580) David Swersky
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Person
David Swersky Following a degree in Biology from Lehigh University and a degree in Dental Medicine from University of Pennsylvania, David Swersky served in the Navy aboard the USS Enterprise. There his main jobs were providing dental care to the sailors and running a battle dressing station. Little did he know at the time that his training in mass casualty care and triage would become a major factor in his Aspen life.
Shortly after arriving in...
