Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ Sinbad Valley And The Ames Family
Oral History -- Audiocassette
Identifier:
4.1975Description
In an interview recorded November 8, 1977, Fred Ames and his wife Emma Lillian (Stocks) Ames discuss the history of Sinbad Valley and its settlement by his family and others.In second and third interviews recorded on November 15 and December 3, 1977 (transcript only*), Fred Ames talks about the McCarty Gang, their stomping grounds in Sinbad Valley and nearby Eastern Utah, and about meeting Tom McCarty as a child. He discusses homesteading and the difficulties of bringing horse drawn wagons into Sinbad Valley when his parents first arrived in the area. He and Emma Ames also talk about local people, buildings, and trails and roads, such as the Crack Trail and the Rimrock Trail.
Ames Family History; Sinbad Valley; Prospecting; John Brown; John Brown's Canyon; Pace Lake; Pyramid Mines-copper; Gordon Cabin; Cabbages; Wintering Vegetables; Roads In Sinbad Valley; Sawmill; Ute Trail To Ouray
Interview Date:
December 3 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...