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Mesa County Oral History Project ➔ Early Settlers And Farming In Fruitvale

Oral History -- Audiocassette

Identifier:
93.1978
Description
Early Fruitvale resident Velma E. Budin discusses the history of Fruitvale and Fruitvale High School, the extensive pioneering history of the Borschell family in the Grand Valley, the biographies of several prominent Fruitvale families, fruit farming, and early irrigation methods of the Grand Valley.
Velma Budin; Buschell Family History; Gesberg Family History; Jaynes Family History; Fruitvale Community; Frank And Elizabeth Smith, First Methodist Of Grd. Jct.;robert Ross; Cisterns; Artesian Water; Ross-hoel Business College; Hugh Ross Death On Monument; Shelter House There Is A Memorial; 4-h Chaperone; Swinging Bridge At Cameo; Junior-senior Banquet At Fruitvale High School; Fair Store; Gesberg House; Fruit Orchard; Spray To Kill Catapillers; Sewers; Drainage Ditch From Grand Valley Canal; Teller Institute; Chautauquas;frank Nisley, Principal At Fruitvale High; Racetrack On Rose Hill; Indians From Teller Working In Orchards
Interview Date:
March 8 1978
Rights:
copyright Museums of Western Colorado
Related 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 person
Velma E. Budin (narrator)