Heritage Colorado
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Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers, 1980 February, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MSM97-210
Abstract
Rogers tells of his family's move to Mesa in the late 1800s to settle. His grandfather, Chancy Foster Rogers, homesteaded 80 acres at the southwest corner of Alma School Road and University where Rogers was born in 1900. He tells several stories about the Rogers brothers and their homesteading days. Rogers talks about his school days including a time when he fell off the swings and broke both arms. He mentions home remedies and the value of a dollar in those days. He also describes his...
Dates:
1980 February; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Charles Innes Robson and Clara Phelps Robson, 1979 June 14, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-034-1
Abstract
Mr. and Mrs. Robson, along with the interviewer, Charles Mitten, discuss some of the first automobiles in Mesa, Arizona. They reminisce about who owned what car and what the roads were like. They also mention some early residents and buildings in Mesa.
Dates:
1979 June 14; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Dave and Helen Duckworth, 1986 November 6, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-008-1
Abstract
Dave Duckworth begins by telling how he and Helen came to Mesa in 1943 so he could work as a pharmacist. He talks about living in the Evergreen district, owning a drugstore with his father, and how medicine has changed in 40 years. He describes what Mesa was like in the 1940's with wide streets, a thriving downtown district, and good schools. Mr. Duckworth talks about the semi-rural environment that allowed people to have horses in their yards in the middle of town. He mentions being a...
Dates:
1986 November 6; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Moody Crandall Gale, 1986 March 26, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-011-1
Abstract
Gale gives some of her family's history and tells how her father, Francis Winfred Moody, helped settle and design the town of Thatcher, Arizona. She talks about her early life in Thatcher taking care of her siblings and grandmother. After marrying Myron Hamilton Crandall, Gale moved to Gilbert in 1917 where they farmed for several years, raised a family of five boys, and were active in the Mormon Church. Gale describes life in Gilbert and Mesa including going to movies at the Nile Theatre...
Dates:
1986 March 26; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Faun Ellsworth Fuller, 1980, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MSM97-152
Abstract
Born in Mesa, Fuller recalls many details of everyday life: children's activities, schools, stores, and economics. She mentions several places people went for recreation including the swimming pool, the state fair, and the opera house. Her mother was a seamstress and her father owned a mercantile store that operated like a trading post for Indians. Fuller's father also served on the city council at one time. She remembers the first Catholic church, the first car of the Stapley family and...
Dates:
1980; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Gertrude Cooper, 1986 May 15, 2006 March
Item
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 Ike and Elaine Steele, 1985 April 23, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MSM02-52
Abstract
Mr. Steele tells of his father moving from Provo, Utah, to Mesa in 1876, where he homesteaded and eventually owned a restaurant. He recalls that his family had livestock including dairy cows and that he attended a two-room schoolhouse in Lehi. Mrs. Steele talks about her schooling and mentions that she took lunch to her father, a constable, everyday. She also describes riding in a horse-pulled buggy to Phoenix to attend the fair.
Dates:
1985 April 23; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with John and Betty Rhodes, 1996, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-043-1
Abstract
This oral history interview was conducted simultaneously on videotape as raw footage. Selections were made for the video presentation.
Dates:
1996; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with John Lovell Hibbert, 1981, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MSM97-173
Abstract
Hibbert was born in Mesa at corner of Morris and Second Avenue and married Ruth Hansen in 1932 at the Arizona Temple. He describes what Mesa was like growing up with no running water, no electricity, and dusty streets. He talks about his siblings and his parents who were very active in the Mormon church. Hibbert discusses his education and mentions his graduation from Mesa High School in 1922. He names every person in his graduating class. He recalls going to Phoenix for a parade when...
Dates:
1981; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lenna Isley, 1986 January 16, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-016-1
Abstract
Isley tells the story of meeting her future husband, Guy Isley, at school and falling in love at first sight. They married and relocated to Arizona from Illinois for his health. She recalls that they moved just after the flu epidemic of 1918. She talks about the first house where they lived, the ranch that Mr. Isley bought with his brother, and how the area has grown. She discusses some church activities and her family, including the business that her son, Guy Roe, started. Isley describes...
Dates:
1986 January 16; Digitization: 2006 March
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