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Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers, 1980 February, 2006 March

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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