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Zelda Rouillard, a professor of English at then Western State College (now Western Colorado University), lectures about the folktales and tall tales of Colorado. Many of the tales were related to her by her own students. Rouillard’s lecture was part of the February Folklife series at the Museums of Western Colorado in 1982. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
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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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During a speech to the Fruitvale Lions Club of Mesa County, Colorado, Al Look discourses on all manner of subjects related to Colorado History, including the geologic history of the Grand Mesa and Grand Valley, the lack of rat species native to Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, Ute and American Indian History, and dinosaurs. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
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Julius Johnson talks about the history of his family in Colorado and about his friendship with both Al Look Jr. and Al Look Sr. He speaks about hiking the entire Colorado portion of the Continental Divide Trail with a friend. He also discusses his long career at Dow Chemical. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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John and Viola Bird discuss settling Yampa and pioneer life in Routt County, Colorado.
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Clarence and Ruth Wheeler talk about early life in Columbine and Routt County, Colorado.
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Bud and Jane Romberg discuss their move to Steamboat Springs in 1966 for Bud to take a teaching job at the Steamboat Springs High School, his 40-year tenure on the Old Town Hot Springs Board, and Jane’s entrepreneurial enterprise, The Lunch Box, the pool’s first food service.
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Karen Jimmerson describes moving to Steamboat in 1969, opening the Soupçon Restaurant, and working at the Old Town Hot Springs as a fitness instructor.
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Loyd Files talks about his early life in Kansas, moving to Colorado with his family via covered wagon in 1914, and the process of filing for a homestead. He remembers homesteading with his parents in Lamar, Colorado, and with his brother in Glade Park in 1920. He recalls working on the crew that built the Serpents Trail over the Colorado National Monument, meeting John Otto, and helping build Rimrock Drive over the Monument. He speaks about his marriage...