Interview with Thomas C. "Tom" Charles and Emma (Berg) Nagel

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Tom Charles talks about moving to the Fruitvale area of Mesa County, Colorado in 1907, his family’s fruit orchards, and the history of fruit growing in the Grand Valley. Emma (Berg) Nagel describes her family’s homestead in the Highpoint area north of Fruita in 1894. She speaks about living in a dugout for three years, clearing the land for cultivation, and the family’s fruit orchard. Charles and Nagel both discuss the various crops grown around the valley, such as cantaloupes, strawberries, and sugar beets. They touch on care for orchards, the codling moth’s destruction of the local apple industry, and agricultural laborers. 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 Thomas C. "Tom" Charles and Emma (Berg) Nagel
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Subject: Fruit growers, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Agriculture -- Colorado -- Mesa County, Pesticides, Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado, Farm life, Codling moth, Agricultural laborers, Fruit -- Transportation
Description: Tom Charles talks about moving to the Fruitvale area of Mesa County, Colorado in 1907, his family’s fruit orchards, and the history of fruit growing in the Grand Valley. Emma (Berg) Nagel describes her family’s homestead in the Highpoint area north of Fruita in 1894. She speaks about living in a dugout for three years, clearing the land for cultivation, and the family’s fruit orchard. Charles and Nagel both discuss the various crops grown around the valley, such as cantaloupes, strawberries, and sugar beets. They touch on care for orchards, the codling moth’s destruction of the local apple industry, and agricultural laborers. 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: 1981-, January 19, 2022
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (1:01:47) digitized from source material (Interview 525: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1580, : OH 525 Charles, Thomas C. (with Nagel, Emma)
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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 Thomas C. "Tom" Charles and Emma (Berg) Nagel

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