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In this interview, Earl and Verda describe what Lafayette was like growing up in the 1920s. They discuss major events in the community like the bank robbery. They also discuss rationing during the war, running the A&W Drive-In, working in the coal mines, and the physicians in town.
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In this recording, Fred Stones takes the listener through the history of the city of Lafayette, CO. He recounts how Mary Miller founded the city and named it after her husband, Lafayette Miller. Fred then details how coal was discovered and the town quickly became a mining town, following in the footsteps of Louisville, CO. Many coal miners in the area were foreign born and Fred discusses where the immigrated from and settled in the area. Continuing...
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Jacob “Jake” Weiler’s oral history interview conducted on April 25th, 1975 discussed his career in coal mining in northern Colorado. Jake was born in Germany but came to Lafayette in 1911. Weiler talked about his first job in Standard Mine driving mules, where he witnessed mine accidents but was never injured himself. He subsequently served as the foreman for several years. Jacob also reflected on the many changes in how local mines were run...
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Live recording of Primordial performing at the 970West Studio August 28, 2018.
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Sarah Savage Brillhart traveled with her family from England when she was ten, arriving in Lafayette in 1893. They arrived in New York by boat then traveled by train to Colorado. Sarah’s father worked in multiple mines around Lafayette including Cannon Mine. Sarah met her husband, Percy Brillhart, in Lafayette. Sarah, who is 105 years old at the time of her interview, reflects on daily life in late 1800s and early 1900s in Lafayette and Boulder....
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Mary Cox talks about her education at the Bryant School and elsewhere in Grand Junction, about corsets and other aspects of school fashion, the history of the Riverside Neighborhood, attending community dances and Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days, and boys swimming in the Colorado River. She also discusses old downtown businesses, going to movies at the Majestic Theater, a brothel that advertised at the Mesa County Fairgrounds during a baseball...
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William May talks about his upbringing on a ranch in Steamboat Springs and his life as a rancher, hunting guide, and outfitter. He plays guitar and sings songs that his father and others handed down to him, and songs that he made up. He tells stories from his life, and stories that his father and others related to him. Songs that he sings during the interview include: Mickey Mouse, Little Duck, Cuatro, Little Joe the Wrangler, Home on the Range, Oh...
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In this interview, Frank recalls his various jobs such as joining the fire department, working in the coal mines, and working as a farm hand. He describes his time playing baseball as well as life in the community. Frank also recalls several incidents such as the robbery of the bank and the Columbine Mine massacre.
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Levi Clark discusses the history and agriculture of Palisade, Colorado. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
*Photograph from the 1909 Palisade High School yearbook.
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Charles Huffaker talks about enlisting in the US Navy as a teenager from Jal, New Mexico, about his basic training in San Diego in 1941, and about serving on the Tennessee, a battleship stationed in Pearl Harbor. He describes attending signal school in San Diego to become a signalman. He discusses the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, manning a gun aboard the Tennessee during the attack, the sinking of battleships around them, and the burning...
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In this oral history interview, Madge Berry discusses the Lafayette of her youth. Specifically, this interview focuses on West Lafayette. She discusses the businesses in town and where different community members lived.
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Howard Shults talks about life growing up in Collbran, Colorado in the early Twentieth century, including farming, local schools and his father’s teaching career in “trouble” schools, local people, and his juvenile hijinks. He also discusses breaking horses, “leaded horses” exposed to the pesticide lead arsenic, wild horses, raising and driving hogs from Collbran to De Beque, and winning the Ft. Logan Military Training School boxing championship....
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Cliff Knesel talks about his upbringing in Staten Island, New York. He recounts his experiences in the Vietnam War with the US Army 5th Special Forces Group and the 173rd Airborne Brigade from 1968 to 1970. 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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In this oral history interview, Clancy Waneka discusses his family’s history with farming, ranching, and homesteading in Lafayette, CO. He also talks about various aspects of agriculture in the community such as water irrigation and digging ditches. Some other topics included in this interview are small businesses, the WPA, railroads, coal mining, labor unions, and mine strikes.
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Sarah Monnahan describes the instability of her young life, with her father leaving the family when she was two, being left to live with grandparents, great-grandparents and strangers in several different towns and states during her mother’s three marriages, and a house fire that singed her hair and clothes before destroying all of her belongings. She finally found something like a normal life when she was sent to live with her grandmother and uncle...
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Live recording of Sworn Us Under performing at the 970West Studio May 22, 2018.
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In this oral history interview with Effie Amicarella, she describes the beginnings of the Lafayette Library, to which she was instrumental. She also talks about her 20 year career as a Medical Technician. Effie goes on to discuss some of the churches in the area as well as the area’s coal mining history and the Columbine Mine Massacre.
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Mabel Hart Johnson talks about life in Meeker, Colorado in the early 1900’s, Teddy Roosevelt’s mountain lion hunting trip in the area, and what the life of a woman was like in Meeker. She also discusses her battle with the illness St. Vitus’s Dance, using scrip during the Great Depression, homesteading near the White River, raising a family in Grand Junction, and bowling. Her husband Murl Hazen Johnson talks about working as a truck driver for...
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Eda Musser talks about life in Delta, Colorado after moving there in 1908, when she was thirteen. She discusses landmarks such as the LeVeta Park School, the Anna-Dora Opera House, and the Delta House Hotel. She describes her involvement in the Spoon Club and other aspects of social life. She speaks about her family’s move west from Illinois using an immigrant car. She talks about meeting and marrying rancher Kelso Musser and their move to Cedar...
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Paleontologist James H. Madsen Jr. talks about dinosaur discoveries in Western Colorado and Utah. Madsen's lecture was part of a series on dinosaurs presented by 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 Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.