Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ A Brother And Sister Remember
Oral History -- Audiocassette
Identifier:
42.1977Description
Fred Bowman and Helen (Bowman) Lane discuss their father’s opening of the first slaughterhouse in Grand Junction, the history of downtown buildings, and the lives of young people in early Twentieth century Mesa County.Baseball; Sidewalks And Streets; Childrens' Games; Parades; Fire Department Using Horses; Slaughter House, Colorado Packing And Provision Company; Butcher; Indian School (teller Institute); Horses In Town; Milk Cow; L.P.Fair, Mccook, And Atchee Racing Horses; Ouray; Packing Burros For The Mines; Beaumont Hotel; Streetcar; President Taft; Log Jail; Ymca; Baileys Grocery; Colorado National Bank; Football; Weather Station On Top Of The Bank; Marbles; Bliss Clothing; National Guard Rifle Club; Curnow's Locker Plant; Bear Tale; Bicycle; Big Dominquez Pasture, Roxy Chambers; Flume On The San Miguel River, For Gold; Cap Turner; Dode Woodring Ranch, Unaweep; Bowman Ranch, Kannah Creek; Cars;prinsters And City Market; Dave Woods Freight Outfit, Ridgeway; Lefare Killed Massey
Interview Date:
November 12 1977Rights:
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
Fred Bowman (narrator)Alfred Look [1893-1992] (interviewer)
Helen Bowman Lane (narrator)