Archive Search Results


Showing 1 - 2 of 2 , query time: 0.01s

1. Second Interview with Rufus Hirons

Thumbnail for 'Second Interview with Rufus Hirons'
Format:
Voice Recording
Rufus Hirons talks about his education in Grand Junction schools, and about teachers and school district employees (including his father, Walter Hirons). He also touches on the Fruita to Grand Junction Interurban line, sheep ranching with his grandfather, and local Italian Americans. 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...

2. Grand Junction Centennial Celebration Radio History Theater: Roundhouse Days

Thumbnail for 'Grand Junction Centennial Celebration Radio History Theater: Roundhouse Days'
Format:
Voice Recording
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 Roundhouse Days. This...
Search Tools:   Get RSS Feed   Email this Search   Save Search   Export To Excel