Youth -- Social life and customs
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Myrtle Seamens speaks about her early life in Kansas in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. She discusses her move to Parachute, Colorado (then called Grand Valley) where she and her husband owned and operated a hotel and boarding house. She also talks about working as a seamstress for a dressmaker, going to a teacher’s college, Kansas snow storms, childhood games and social activities. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
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Bill Callahan, Creston Bailey, and James Shaw discuss the history of early Twentieth century Grand Junction. The three men talk about their fathers: Thomas F. Callahan, the owner of Callahan’s Mortuary (now Callahan-Edfast); Dwight B. Bailey, the owner of the D.B. Bailey grocery store; and James Scott Shaw, a rancher, miner, and owner of the Midland Garage. They talk about Main Street businesses, including Sampliner’s. They remember the wagons...
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Ruth and Charlie Benson talk about running a hunting camp near Parachute, Colorado for several years and tell stories about foolish hunters. They remember songs they sang and games they played as children. Charlie talks about irrigation and building fences. Charlie speaks about his youth on a dairy farm in Parachute and on a nearby homestead. He recalls helping to build the Granlee Trail in the 1960’s. Ruth recalls the Granlee School, where she...
