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Elizabeth Stodan Kishur talks about her experience as a poor immigrant coming from Austria to the United States, about her many transatlantic voyages, and her Catholic faith. She also discusses her ideas about health, contraception and family size. 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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Fred Powell talks about his life as a fruit farmer in Delta County, Colorado, and about overseeing fruit production as the manager of the Paonia Fruit Growers Association and the United Fruit Growers Association. 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.
*Photograph courtesy of the Palisade Historical Society....
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Anna Gallegos talks about early her life growing up in Saguache as part of Southern Colorado’s longstanding Mexican American community. She also discusses her marriage with Andy Gallegos, his jobs as coal miner, sheep sheerer and horse breaker, the large family that she raised, and their lives in Gunnison and Paonia. 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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Professor Abbott Fay speaks to a meeting of the Mesa County Historical Society about the Spanish influence in Colorado, the expedition of Escalante and Dominguez in 1776, and trapper Antoine Robidoux. This recording was provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Professor Abbott Eastman Fay speaks to a meeting of the North Fork Historical Society about the Spanish influence in Colorado and the expedition of Escalante and Dominguez in 1776. This recording is provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
