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41601) Orel Melvin "O.M." Hopkins
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He was the business partner of livestock auctioneer Howard Shults in Mesa County, Colorado. Together they opened a sale yard on Orchard Mesa in the location of what later became Duck Pond Park. They operated together in the business from 1936 to 1942. He may still have been involved in the business after Shults moved it to near the Durham Stockyard.
41602) George Gordon
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A rancher from a pioneering family in Mesa County, Colorado. He owned a ranch that overlooked Unaweep Canyon on Pinon Mesa, up past Enochs Lake. Hey may also have had some involvement in the 2-V Ranch, which was owned by the Ela family. The Gordons and Elas were apparently friends. According to William McHarg Ela, his grandfather William Phillips Ela and family would summer on the Gordon place. He also owned additional land on the Dolores River.
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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,...
41605) Building the Gondola
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Historical footage of a helicopter setting the gondola towers, narrated by William Senior Mahoney.
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Early Mountain Village development and construction narrated by William Senior Mahoney.
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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.
41618) Lucille B. (Cox) Schultz
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She was born in Colorado to William Cox and Maude (Jackson) Cox. Her father was a dry goods merchant in the general merchandise business in Mack and Fruita. He later became a farmer. Her mother was a homemaker.
US Census records show that Lucille grew up in Fruita, where she worked in her father’s store. The 1930 Census shows her living in Grand Junction at the age of 19, where she worked as a store clerk. She married Edward Schultz of Kansas...
41619) William Henry Cox
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He was a dry goods merchant in the general merchandise business. The 1912 Grand Junction City Directory shows that he owned a store called William H. Cox and Company in Mack, Colorado, a business that operated at least until 1927. The 1916 Grand Junction City Directory shows that he owned a store called the Regulator Stores Company on Pabor Avenue in Fruita. In 1922, he owned a store called the Cox and Brewer Merc and Cattle Company. He later became...
