Dave Hinkle talks about coming to Western Colorado in the 1920’s, riding the rails in search of work, dealing with the railyard “bulls,” working the peach harvests in Palisade, and working for the railroad in ice cars packed with peaches. He recalls other jobs he held, including the Star mail route from Dragon Mountain to Somerset, ranch work for the D.R.C. Brown Ranch on Muddy Creek, and herding sheep on the Uncompahgre. He speaks about the “imaginary line” that separated sheep and cattle ranchers in Delta County after the sheep and cattle wars. He remembers working in a produce house in Delta, loading cheese, working in a cold storage plant, and selling door to door. He recalls working for Holly Sugar and becoming the sugar plant foreman. He talks about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and enlisting in the Navy for two years during World War II. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
