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In an event at the Museums of Western Colorado, Sylvia Ruland lectures about the Ludlow Massacre: the killing of striking mine workers and their families, including women and children, by the Colorado National Guard and hired strike breakers on April 20, 1914. She describes the poor working conditions for coal miners and the mistreatment of immigrants that led to a coal strike in Colorado in 1913-14. She talks about the men who owned mining interests...
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Jene Hicks tells the story of his father’s work as a barber and coal miner, and his mother’s work as a school teacher in early Twentieth century Mesa County, Colorado. He also gives a history of the Cameo Mine and other coal mines in the Bookcliffs. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.