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1. Interview with Joe Peep

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This interview features Joe Peep, an early Fruita farmer, homesteader, and horse enthusiast. He also worked as a cowboy on Albert Turner’s ranch, and won the horse riding competition at Fruita’s Cowpuncher’s Reunion. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

2. Interview with Cora Elizabeth (Brumbaugh) Henry and Paul Elden Henry

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Cora Henry talks about her childhood in Loma, Colorado, her adoption by David and Elizabeth Brumbaugh, the hotel and grocery store the Brumbaughs ran in Loma in the 1910’s, and the grocery store they ran in Fruita from 1919 to 1940. She speaks about two large agricultural enterprises near Loma: The Golden Hills Ranch, owned by Verner Z. Reed, and Garmesa, owned by Quaker Oats. She and Paul Henry recall a fire that destroyed the original Brumbaugh...
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