Dick Williams talks about the games he played with children as a boy in the downtown area of Grand Junction, including hide and go seek and kick the can. He remembers playing sandlot baseball and other games in a vacant lot on 9th Street between Grand and White Avenues. He recalls swimming in ditches and canals, and ice skating in what is now Lincoln Park. He speaks about competing in athletics in high school and college, and in Pioneer Clubs, which were athletic organizations sponsored by local churches. He describes his work as a public address announceer at Lincoln Park, festivals, rodeos, and at sporting events throughout the Western Slope. He talks about his involvement on the Colorado River District Board and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the history of irrigation. He discusses his work on title abstracts and their value to history. He reminisces about Grand Junction during the Great Depression and the town’s growth over time, the growth of irrigation, the first paving of the area’s highways, and fishing and hunting. He speaks about working for the Fair Store, Red Trunk clothing store, and for the Colescott Brothers delivering ice while in high school and college. He recalls his love of horses, horse owners in town, and livery stables. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
