Interview with James Earl Shaw and Creston Ralph Bailey

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James Earl Shaw and Creston Ralph Bailey talk about the history of their families in Mesa County, and discuss their families’ roles in the automobile and grocery businesses respectively. They mention people and places important to Grand Junction. They also reminisce about their experiences at the Presbyterian church camp on the Grand Mesa, and all the antics they pulled while growing up. 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 James Earl Shaw and Creston Ralph Bailey
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Subject: Water resources development -- Colorado, Irrigation -- Colorado, Religious life and customs, Otto, John, 1870-1952, Colorado -- Social life and customs, Grocery trade, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Automobile dealers, Colorado National Monument (Colo.), Youth -- Social life and customs, Halloween, Church camps -- Presbyterians, Grand Mesa (Colo.)
Description: James Earl Shaw and Creston Ralph Bailey talk about the history of their families in Mesa County, and discuss their families’ roles in the automobile and grocery businesses respectively. They mention people and places important to Grand Junction. They also reminisce about their experiences at the Presbyterian church camp on the Grand Mesa, and all the antics they pulled while growing up. 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: August 27, 1981-, June 29, 2021
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (56:31) digitized from source material (Interview 471: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1427, : OH 471 Shaw, James Earl
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization: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/ Alternatively, inquiries may be sent to Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/English

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Interview with James Earl Shaw and Creston Ralph Bailey

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