Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ Oral History Interview Dorsey G. Son: Uranium Boom
Oral History -- Audiocassette
Identifier:
35.1975Description
Dorsey G. Son discusses his career as a surveyor for the Colorado State Highway Commission operating in Southwestern Colorado.Fruita Canyon, Colorado National Monument; Monument Tunnels; Uranium; Vanadium; Recovering Uranium; Manhattan Project; Carlie Steen And Mia Vida Mine; "Pegleg" Foster; Cisco, Utah; Vernon Pick; Moab; The Thornbergs; Hotchkiss; Thornbergs Mill In Gunnison; Seven Mile Mine, Uranium; Penny Stocks; La Court Hotel; Ben Russell, Durango Lawyer; Navaho Blankets; Charlie Moynihan, Lawyer; White State Stage Line; Fool's Hill; Demerschman Gardens; Cortez; Fordson Tractor; Bozman Ford Agency, Cortez
Content Date:
May 23 1975Rights:
copyright Museums of Western ColoradoRelated collection
Mesa County Oral History Project The Mesa County Oral History Project began as a joint project of the Museums of Western Colorado and Mesa County Libraries (MCL) in 1975.What IS Oral History?
An oral history is an audio or video recording of a person speaking about their personal, lived experience of historical events.
Note that in some cases, the same OH numb...
Related people
Dorsey G. Son (narrator)Anne Saunders (interviewer)
Alfred Look [1893-1992] (interviewer)
Charles [Charlie] Augustus Steen [1919-2006] (references)
John "Pegleg" Foster (references)
Related place
Cisco (references)(references)