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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

History lecture by Dwight Patterson, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-028-1
Abstract Patterson gives some of his family's history including that his grandfather homesteaded in Arizona in 1888 and his father ran one of Mesa's first telephone companies. Patterson, who farmed in Mesa, gives a brief overview of the history of farming in the area. He describes some of the machinery used in harvesting and baling hay, and talks about the water supply in Arizona. He discusses the future of farming in the area, the price of land, and the government's interference. Patterson responds...
Dates: 2006 March

Local History Seminar, 1974, 1974, 2006

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Identifier: CPLHCAudioLHS19742

Local History Seminar, 1980, 1980 April, 2006

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Identifier: CPLHCAudioLHS1980
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Panel discussing history of Montezuma County, Colorado.

Dates: 1980 April; Digitization: 2006

Oral history interview with Gertrude Cooper, 1986 May 15, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-006-1
Abstract Cooper tells about her father coming to Arizona in 1908 where he homesteaded in the area of Guadalupe and Greenfield roads in Gilbert. She describes everyday life ? hauling water, preserving and storing food, farming, riding horses, and getting around on dirt roads. She talks about marrying Delbert Mortensen who worked as an electrician and then eventually farmed her parents' homestead. Cooper also tells the story of gathering up children in Gilbert to start the first school. She mentions...
Dates: 1986 May 15; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral history interview with Lorenzo Dow Rhoton, 1986 April 14, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-032-1
Abstract Rhoton begins by describing his childhood in Shumway, Arizona, where his parents settled in 1888. He discusses his 51-year career as a teacher in Arizona, 24 of which were in Mesa. He talks about the schools in Mesa, the unification of several small school districts in the area, and names several teachers and principals. He mentions attending the dedication of the Mormon Temple in 1927. Rhoton talks about courting his wife and marrying her in Holbrook, Arizona, in 1917. He also describes the...
Dates: 1986 April 14; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral history interview with Marjorie Entz, 1980 March 17, 2006 March

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Identifier: MSM97-150
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Entz, born in Illinois, came to Mesa, Arizona, at the age of four to recover from pneumonia. She describes life in Mesa including the transition from horse and buggy to car. She recalls early downtown businesses and describes recreation including dances at the Mezona. She talks about her career as a teacher and the history of Mesa schools.

Dates: 1980 March 17; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral history interview with Mason W. Davis, 1980 October 6, 2006 March

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Identifier: MSM02-26
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Davis describes his childhood in Mesa, Arizona, where his family settled in the late 1800s. He discusses his schooling and recalls several businesses in downtown Mesa.

Dates: 1980 October 6; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral history interview with Ms. Veora Johnson, 2001 April 19, 2006 March

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Identifier: MSAoh-j638a-V01
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Johnson details her education in Texas and tells of her move to Mesa, Arizona, to teach public school. She discusses the history of the Mesa school system during segregation and after. She describes when the schools were integrated and what it was like being the first African American teacher at the Irving School. Johnson also gives some history of the Washington area and talks about race relations in Mesa.

Dates: 2001 April 19; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral History Interview with Robert and Dorothy Jackson, 1984 September 22, 2006

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Identifier: BHS-SCA-008
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Robert Adison Jackson went to West Minister College and then graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1919 as a geologist. He came to Pueblo, Colorado in 1923 and was licenced as an engineer in 1928. Jackson worked in Walsenburg, Colorado for five or six years and then went to the CF&I Denver office in 1936. In 1946 he moved to Arkansas until 1961. Jackson retired in 1964.

Dates: 1984 September 22; Digitization: 2006

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Interviews 8
Mesa (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 7
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Schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 6
African Americans -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 2
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Dove Creek (Colo.) -- History 2
African American women school principals -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
African American women teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
Agriculture -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Buildings -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
Business enterprises -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Businesses -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
Central business districts -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Citrus -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
Civic leaders -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
Freight hauling -- Colorado -- History 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Gilbert (Ariz.) 1
Gilbert (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Gilbert (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Homesteading -- Lewis (Colo.) 1
Homesteading -- Yellow Jacket area (Montezuma County, Colo.) 1
Mancos (Colo.) -- History 1
Mayors -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Biography 1
McPhee (Colo.) -- History 1
Mesa (Ariz.) -- Race relations 1
Mitchell Springs area (Cortez, Colo.) -- History 1
Mormons -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
Mormons -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
Neighborhood -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Oral histories 1
Public schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Race relations -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Recreation -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Schools 1
Schools -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
Schools -- Gilbert (Ariz.) -- History 1
Schools -- Mancos (Colo.) -- History 1
Schools -- Montezuma County (Colo.) 1
Sheep ranches -- Arizona -- History 1
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- History 1
Teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Biography 1
Teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
Teaching 1
Transportation -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
Ute Mountain Indian Reservation -- History 1
Water-supply -- Arizona 1
Water-supply -- Cortez (Colo.) 1
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