Interview with Mary Louise (Chiaro) Colosimo and Lorena Alta "Lorene" Roice

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Mary Colosimo talks about the life of her Italian immigrant family on a truck farm in the Pomona area of Mesa County, Colorado. She also discusses her marriage to railroad man Charles Colosimo, his career with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, including his stints as a call-boy and an engineer, railroad disciplinary measures, and train accidents. Lorene Roice talks about what brought her to Grand Junction at the end of World War II, her husband’s jobs on the railroad and in construction, and the Roice’s establishment of the Roice-Hurst Humane Society. Both Colosimo and Roice talk about the way railroading got into their families’ blood, and the generosity of railroad workers. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

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Title: Interview with Mary Louise (Chiaro) Colosimo and Lorena Alta "Lorene" Roice
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Subject: Italian Americans, Immigrants -- West (U.S.), Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Farm life, Truck farming, Railroads -- Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, Motion picture theaters, Locomotive engineers, Railroad accidents -- United States -- History, Women -- West (U.S.) -- History, National Association of Retired & Veteran Railway Employees
Description: Mary Colosimo talks about the life of her Italian immigrant family on a truck farm in the Pomona area of Mesa County, Colorado. She also discusses her marriage to railroad man Charles Colosimo, his career with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, including his stints as a call-boy and an engineer, railroad disciplinary measures, and train accidents. Lorene Roice talks about what brought her to Grand Junction at the end of World War II, her husband’s jobs on the railroad and in construction, and the Roice’s establishment of the Roice-Hurst Humane Society. Both Colosimo and Roice talk about the way railroading got into their families’ blood, and the generosity of railroad workers. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Date: February 3, 1981-
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (1:00:49) digitized from source material (Interview 417: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1266, OH 417 Colosimo, Mary: Railroad Memories
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganizataion:2Mesa County Librariesorganization:1040Museums of Western ColoradoThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For rights management and/or licensing questions, please see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law Other inquiries may be sent to the Lloyd Files Research Library at the Museums of Western Colorado: https://museumofwesternco.com/contact/English

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Interview with Mary Louise (Chiaro) Colosimo and Lorena Alta "Lorene" Roice

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