San Miguel County (Colo.) -- History
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Irene (Strimple) Gramlich talks about her early life in Cedaredge and Delta, Colorado. She also touches on the economic downturn that effected fruit growers and employment prospects in Cedaredge in 1913, and discusses her teaching career. 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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Glenn Berry talks about joining the US Navy at the age of fourteen and describes his experiences aboard the USS Huntington, an armored cruiser. He also discusses working in a vanadium mine at the age of 12, becoming a machine shop apprentice for the Union Pacific railroad at fourteen, and going to night school to get an engineering degree after his discharge from the Navy. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired December 14, 1979, in Telluride, Colorado. Jerry Greene interviews Gene McLeod, manager of the San Miguel Power Association. McLeod describes the history fo the power association and electricity, in general in San Miguel county. This recording is damaged and has a low-volume. Headphones are recommended to listen to it.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory...
