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John and Olive Groves discuss the political history of Mesa County, and the formation of the Grand Valley Drainage District. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
Thumbnail for 'Campaign Speeches of Colorado Governor Edwin Johnson and Wyoming Senator Joseph O'Mahoney for 1936 Colorado Senate Candidate John Albert Carroll in Grand Junction, Colorado'
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Colorado Governor Edwin “Big Ed” Carl Johnson campaigns with Colorado Democratic Senate Candidate John Albert Carroll and Wyoming Senator Joseph Christopher O’ Mahoney. 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. *This recording was made on an audio cassette tape on November 19, 1980 and taken from a 16...
Thumbnail for 'Interview with Robert Eugene Grant: Walter Walker Series'
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Robert Grant explains his experience working for Walter Walker, Preston Walker and The Daily Sentinel newspaper, before and after being drafted into the armed forces during World War ll. Robert also discusses the Typographical Union Strike and Walter Walker’s involvement within the community. 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...
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Wayne Aspinall discusses a political career that spanned his election to the Mt. Lincoln School Board near Palisade, Colorado to his last election for the US House of Representatives in 1972. He speaks about campaigning in what was then the Fourth Congressional District in Western Colorado. He talks about his eight-year career as a teacher and school bus driver at the Mt. Lincoln School, taking students camping, dealing with ticks, and coaching girls...