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Lawrence Azuma talks about being drafted into the US Army prior to World War II and working in the combat engineering corps in Hawaii prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He recalls being removed from his unit along with other Japanese soldiers after World War II began, and then sent for infantry training and military intelligence training in the United States. He speaks about his experiences as an interpreter in the code breaking unit at Vint Hills...
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play On the Road to Grand...
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play The CCC in Mesa County.
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Bill Heicher and Bill Andree established legacies as District Wildlife Managers with the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW).
Heicher began with Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department (later DOW) and served the Eagle District from 1971 until 2003. Andree began with the DOW in 1980 and served the Vail District from 1981 until 2018. Circa 2012, the DOW evolved into Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
In this remarkable oral history, Heicher and...
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A KOTO newscast, from 8/02/1991 To 8/13/1991, featuring Jon Kovash, Lynn Hynes, & Geoff Hanson. Here are the headlines:
08/02/1991: In the headlines search for Klausen called Off. We have a wrap up on Thursday's. Lawson Hill Debate. THA will consider Shandoka a pet solution. Town and county work on regional housing authority issues. Environmentalists react to Lone Cone cut. Jazz begins and Sheila Jordan is back. We have those stories and a weekend...
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In a lecture to the Grand Junction Lions Club, given just days before he died, prominent water law attorney Silmon Smith talks about his life and the history of Grand Junction (the lecture was broadcast hours later on KREX radio). He remembers his family’s arrival in the town in the 1890’s and early development in Grand Junction. He recalls a colorful Main Street filled with saloons. He speaks about his father Frank Smith’s respiratory illness,...
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A KOTO newscast, from 08/27/1991 To 09/06/1991, featuring Jon Kovash, Geoff Hanson and Lynn Heinisch. Here are the headlines:
8/27/1991: Telluride Council reluctantly puts festival petitions to voters. Telluride Conoco shuts down gas sales after tank leaks discovered. TCRA board will discuss whether to release booking information. Three new festivals apply for dates on 92 calendar, and we have today's weather report.
8/27/1991: TCRA board decides...
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A KOTO newscast, from 8/14/1991 To 8/26/1991, featuring Jon Kovash and Geoff Hanson. Here are the headlines:
8/14/1991: Coroner makes positive ID of Sam Claussen. Commissioners will hear appeal on Gray Brothers logging permit. Airlines will meet to discuss proposed passenger tax. Peter, Paul & Mary rated "a magical evening". Mountain Village breaks ground on ownership housing. We've got local briefs, today's weather forecast, and a personal commentary.
8/15/1991:...
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Alice Olsen discusses her training as a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, her subsequent career at the Glenwood Hospital in Glenwood Springs, and early doctors in the area. She also talks about her childhood in Palisade and about her family’s activities and traditions. 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...
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Rena Nisbet talks about friends and teachers at Palisade High School in Palisade, Colorado in the 1910’s. She speaks about her family home and neighborhood in Palisade. She discusses her husband’s career as the local water board manager, her membership in the Palisade United Methodist Church, and her involvement in the Palisade Women’s Club. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries...
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Lee Toothaker discusses growing alfalfa and peaches and cattle ranching in Palisade, Colorado. He also talks about raising mules on farms in Iowa and Missouri as a child, and about his education and career as a teacher. 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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Mabelle Clymer discusses life in Clifton, Colorado in the early Twentieth century, and the history of her family there. 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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Early Palisade resident Josephine (Schneible) Rader discusses her experience nursing to patients during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918. She also talks about her job as a registered nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. 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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KOTO Radio newscasts from Jon Kovash, in Telluride, Colorado:
1/29/1991:
In the headlines, we've got tips from experts, how to scrape ice, how to walk on ice, and what to wear on the Ice County talk. San Miguel County logs on to a state computer network. Telluride Institute's new director starts a new study group and we have today's weather report.
1/30/1991:
In the headlines, the school board looks for more money to keep up with growth.
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Ruth Hoffman talks about her teen and young adult years spent packing fruit for Cross Orchards and other farms in Mesa County, Colorado. She describes the work involved in fruit packing, lighting smudge pots, picking fruit, the change in the kinds of jobs women did on the farm over time, and life on the farm. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of the Mesa County Public Library and the Museum of Western...
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Bob McCray, who owned the Diamond Saddle Shop in Mesa County, Colorado, speaks about his introduction to the saddlemaking business, and his employment in the Visalia Saddle Company near Yosemite National Park. He talks about saddle styles, saddlemaking techniques, spurs, chaps, the history of saddlery, and the state of saddlemaking both locally and nationally. He remembers his first exposure to horses as a boy in Missouri, and a brief tenure as a...
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A KOTO Radio show, aired May 24, 1985, in Telluride, Colorado. The 7th annual Mountain Film Festival opening party is recorded, featuring Esther White and Jerry Greene interviewing various mountain film attendees. Total length is 27 minutes.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration....
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A KOTO newscast, from 7/11/1991 To 7/22/1991, featuring Jon Kovash, Lynn Hines, Geoff Hansen. Here are the headlines:
7/11/1991: In the headlines, promoters expect a manageable midsummer, music crowd; Cars, campers, hikers, and bikers compete for Bear Creek Road. Telluride Academy offers free science lectures. Marshalls say thefts and vandalism are on the rise. County will consider further protection of scenic views. Ridgeway, the town that wouldn't...
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Mike Taylor talks in brief about his childhood in Grand Junction, leaving high school early, and joining the Marines at the age of seventeen. He recalls his service as a rifleman in Vietnam with the Delta Company, First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment. He speaks about being wounded in combat, his long convalescence at Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver, and his marriage at the hospital. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project,...
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A KOTO newscast, from 07/23/1991 To 08/01/1991, featuring Jon Kovash, Geoff Hanson and Lynn Heinisch. Here are the headlines:
7/23/1991: Town marshals say more education needed for music crowds; Forest Service will announce a new timbering plan on Monday; Bob Boyle fills vacant seat on airport board; Jerry Jeff is coming to town; and we've got today's weather report.
7/24/1991: Telluride prays for Maria Blige. Dori Mine gets a cleanup deadline from...
