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1. First Interview with Penelope Chase "Penny" (Brown) Eberhart

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Penelope Eberhart talks about her father Harry Brown’s introduction to oil shale while on a family vacation in Denver in the 1920’s, his subsequent move to the De Beque area on the Western Slope, and his early business venture in oil shale with the Index Oil Shale Company. She speaks about the mining and milling process for shale, and about a biproduct of the milling process marketed as plant fertilizer called Index Soil Vitalizer. She talks about...

2. Interview with Cora Elizabeth (Brumbaugh) Henry and Paul Elden Henry

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Cora Henry talks about her childhood in Loma, Colorado, her adoption by David and Elizabeth Brumbaugh, the hotel and grocery store the Brumbaughs ran in Loma in the 1910’s, and the grocery store they ran in Fruita from 1919 to 1940. She speaks about two large agricultural enterprises near Loma: The Golden Hills Ranch, owned by Verner Z. Reed, and Garmesa, owned by Quaker Oats. She and Paul Henry recall a fire that destroyed the original Brumbaugh...
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