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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 Four Seasons of Sports.
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Harry Peck was the grandson of Routt County pioneers Harry B. Peck and Emma Hall. Harry and his father, Ray Peck, both worked for the United States Forest Service in the Grand Mesa National Forest, and he describes their experiences there. He also talks about helping John Otto with trail-breaking on the Grand Mesa. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western...
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Marian Tolles talks about meeting and travelling with her future husband, George Tolles, as well as their move to Steamboat Springs in 1957. She also touches on their time at the Lowell Whiteman School and Colorado Mountain College in the earliest days of those institutions. The Old town Hot Springs played a big role in their daily lives.
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A KOTO show, called Friday Live, that probably aired in the late 1970's. Terry Selby interviews Johnnie Stevens about Johnnie's career as the head of the ski patrol and the assistant mountain manager on the Telluride Ski Resort. Recording length is about 32 minutes.
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A KOTO show, called Friday Live. Jerry Greene interviews John Lifton-Zoline, designer and planner for the Telluride company. Date is September 7, 1979 and length is about 33 minutes.
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Dr. Russell Paige and Lillian (Drew) Paige discuss the history of veterinary medicine in the Grand Valley, including the role of Lillian’s father Alston P. Drew as one of the first veterinarians on the Western Slope. The Paiges also discuss their various hobbies and their community involvement. 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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Anne Beauvais recalls friendships and games from her childhood in Grand Junction’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. She talks about attending the Lincoln Park School and Grand Junction High School. She remembers spending summers at the Lincoln Park Pool, playing outside at night under the streetlamps, roller skating in the basement of her house, and skiing at the Mesa Creek Ski Area during the winter. She speaks about her engagement to Lester Beauvais,...
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Hazie Werner describes her life in Routt County from her childhood on Yellow Jacket Pass to raising three Olympians to running a ski shop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Steamboat Springs locals comment on the formation of the Steamboat Springs ski area and development of Mt. Werner, formerly known as Storm Mountain.
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Gloria Gossard describes her experiences growing up in Steamboat Springs and in the process reveals fascinating tidbits of Steamboat history.
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Merian Rosenthal talks about Jewish life in Grand Junction, Colorado during the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. Her husband Burt Rosenthal and brother Hershel Sedalnick also chime in. They reminisce about several people from Grand Junction’s Jewish community, including those with the surnames Spector, Liff, Leff, Harris, Loeffler, Sampliner, Minowitz, Rigg, Waldoffel, and Schneider. They discuss the first established religious services for Jews in...
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Carl Forsman, the son of Swedish immigrants, talks about early life in the town of Mesa, Colorado. 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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William Senior Mahoney interviews Joe Zoline about the founding of the Telluride Ski Resort.
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Ruth Tilton talks about her involvement in Tri-M, the Girl Scouts, a bridge club, and other clubs and societies upon moving to Palisade, Colorado. She speaks about skiing on the Grand Mesa with her husband Forrest Tilton in the 1930’s, and about skiing near Leadville. She discusses the history of the Palisade Public Library from its humble beginnings inside of a downtown store, and her involvement in recording and preserving Palisade’s local history....
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Edith Sisac talks about growing up in the Pomona area of Mesa County, attending the Pomona School, and riding her bike to Grand Junction High School along the railroad tracks in the early Twentieth century. She recalls the grocery store in Grand Junction owned by Roy Sisac, her husband’s father. She speaks about the Mesa Lakes Resort and the Mesa Lakes Ski Run, which were owned and operated by the Sisac and Foster families, and about the development...
