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Darwin Burford discusses growing up in Whitewater, Colorado in the early Twentieth century, and going to school in Mesa County, Colorado. Darwin talks about the early narrow gauge railroad that serviced Mesa County, about the Barnum and Bailey Circus, daily childhood chores, playing cribbage as a family, and his argument with John Otto. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries,...
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Ruth Morris talks about her life growing up on a ranch in the Kannah Creek area of Mesa County, Colorado in the 1910’s and 1920’s. She speaks about her grandfather and parents, who came to Grand Junction in the 1890’s, about her grandfather’s saloon, her father’s job as a cook at the Pasttime Café, and the band her parents formed (they were both musicians). She recalls her marriage to Lawrence Learned and their ranch in Kannah Creek. She...