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An account of auction ledger for the sale of the Borah ranch. A public auction was held on November 24, 1917. Many locals in the Brush Creek Valley and surrounding towns purchased items at the auction. Alfred Borah, along with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Alda, moved to Phoenix, Arizona following the public auction. James F. Shults served as the auctioneer. Later dates from the 1920s are included in the ledger from business dealings Alfred had in...
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An interview with Howard Shults, a longtime resident of Mesa County who worked as an auctioneer, farmer, and member of the state land commission. He discusses the business of corralling horses, horse trading, racing horses for money, the Cross Ranch, and social events such as rodeos, fairs, and dances. He also talks about hauling coal in a horse-drawn wagon and the history of coal mines in the valley, about the history of the old fairgrounds at Lincoln...
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Howard Shults talks about his career as an auctioneer in Mesa County, Colorado. He also discusses the history of people, places and businesses throughout the county, including the Cross Orchard and the Vernon Z. Reed Ranch. Shults’ wife, Helen Shults, gives her occasional insight. 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...
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Equipment and household goods auction on April 17, 1965. Charley and Josephine Ray sold the former Schrupp ranch to Raymond Horn, making him one of the largest land owners in the area. Photo on p. 226 of McCoy Memoirs.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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In her first interview, recorded on December 21, 1983, Eula Belle talks about the lives of her parents and home life in Ava, Missouri. She remembers moving to Montrose County, Colorado at the age of nine, in 1910, and attending the Pea Green School. She describes meeting her husband, an immigrant from Japan, his life prior to their meeting, and their courtship. She recalls the heavy snows of 1916. She discusses losing their farm on Delta County’s...
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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 Overheard at the Cattle...