Richard Williams talks about his family’s arrival in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1908. He speaks about his father’s purchase of the Independent Abstract Company and about his own involvement with several abstract and title companies in town. He discusses the formation of the Grand Junction Lions Club, the Grand Junction Lions Club Carnival, and the club’s fundraising for Grand Junction Junior College and other local causes. He speaks about his father’s involvement with the Grand Junction YMCA and his investment in COPECO. He talks about the history of early churches in town. He discusses men in the community who played on the local baseball team in the early Twentieth century, and describes sneaking out to watch the games as a young boy. He remembers having a milk cow in the backyard of their home at 12th Street and Gunnison Avenue and selling milk to neighbors. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
