Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ Oral History of Dottie Wiley
Oral History -- Audiocassette
Identifier:
88.1977Description
Dottie Wiley, who homesteaded on the Grand Mesa with her first husband Richard Kilburn in the early Twentieth century, discusses the Surrender Tree, a tree where the Utes supposedly bound Arvilla and Josephine Meeker, wife and daughter of Nathan Meeker, following the Meeker Massacre."Surrender Tree" Meeker Massacre, Tree Is At Bisers; Mesa (town); Mr. Moyer; Old Buildings In Grand Junction; Early Dentists
Interview Date:
February 23 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...