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Eda Musser talks about her wedding day and honeymoon with Kelso Musser, and about evidence of Ute Indian habitation that was still present in Escalante Canyon in 1910. She also discusses travel through the canyon, its inhabitants, ranching practices in the canyon, and the fire that destroyed the Musser’s ranch house. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western...
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Newscasts, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado, provided by Jon Kovash, Deb Laity, and Eva Bennett. Topics include:
12/03/1990:
Commissioners pass compromise on land use code town swings. Debt refinancing council will again consider new gondola agreement. Study shows strong tourism economy in southwest Colorado. We've got high school and middle school news and today's weather report
12/4/1990:
--Sheriff's department still investigating...
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The is image was captured on 15 April 2024 by Keri Inoye, who is the Community Engagement Manager of the nonprofit organization, Eagle Valley Land Trust (EVLT). Founded in 1981, EVLT is based in Edwards, Colorado and is nationally accredited by the Land Trust Alliance. This Earth Week celebration featured an Ethnobotany Tour of Brush Creek Valley Ranch Open Space (BCVROS) and was held at the BCVROS Salt Creek Trailhead area. The presenter, Lynn...
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A KOTO newscast, from 09/09/1994 To 09/22/1994, featuring Jon Kovash and Eric Whitney. Here are the headlines:
09/09/1994: The county logging task force sets goals and schedules field trips. Faraway plans to expand on Wilson Mesa. The film festival leaves KOTO awash in beer. Those stories and today's mountain weather forecast.
09/12/1994: The council will discuss campers' housing and water conservation, LP denies rumors of a plant closing, Keesler...
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Alex Bauer talks extensively about this history of his family, part of the German community of Morganthau in Russia. He recounts their immigration to the United States in the years before the Russian Revolution. He remembers his dad’s career as a machinist for Missouri Pacific Railroad and then the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. He also recounts his own career as a machinist. He speaks about his parrallel career as the shop steward International...
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Image of San Juan RS on August 15, 1937. The station is a small wooden building with a shingled roof. The station has two front entrances; one is a front door and the other is larger possibly for a car. The station is fenced in with one large gate in the front. To the right of the gate a sign reads San Juan Station. To the right two men are seen conversing. To the left there are large pine trees. A dirt road is seen in the foreground. In the bottom...
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Dudley Mitchell discusses his childhood in Leadville during the early Twentieth century, and historic mines and railroads in the Leadville area. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
44209) Alexander R. "Alex" Bauer
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He was born to George Bauer and Katherine “Katie” (Hosseiler) Bauer in Morganthau, Russia. His family belonged to a community of Germans living there. Fearing revolution, his family immigrated to the United States in 1913, when Alex was four years old.
His father found work as a blacksmith in Kansas and then with the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Idaho in 1917. His mother was a homemaker. Alex and his siblings could not speak English when they...
44210) San Juan RS - 1930
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Image of San Juan RS in 1930. I fence hedge row is seen running from left to right. To the right there is a small wooden building in the back. To the left there is a larger wooden building behind the hedge row.
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Jack Smillie talks about writing the book Cowboys are People at the urging of his first wife, who wanted him to write his life story. He remembers his time in the US Army during World War I, when he was stationed stateside and achieved the rank of lieutenant. He recalls working on a ranch in Granby, where he met the artist Harold Bryant. He speaks about encountering extreme weather, how it affected travel, and working to clear snow. He talks about...
44212) Aubrey Fenton "Jack" Smillie
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He was born in Colorado to John W. Smillie and Christina (Trenholm) Smillie. Marriage records indicate that his parents, both born in Canada, were married in Iowa prior to moving to Colorado. His mother studied music in Montreal prior to marrying his father. According to Jack Smillie, his father came to Denver to work as a surveyor on an irrigation project near present-day Eaton. He was paid both a salary and given 160 acres of land for his work....
44213) Donald "Don" Mackendrick
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A long-time professor of history at Colorado Mesa University, where he taught from 1956 to 1990. He also served as Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences from 1977 to 1990. He specialized in local history, and wrote many articles and gave many speeches about local history topics. He was the editor of Journal of the Western Slope, an academic history journal published at CMU. He also served on the Grand Junction Public Library board for...
