Edith Sisac talks about growing up in the Pomona area of Mesa County, attending the Pomona School, and riding her bike to Grand Junction High School along the railroad tracks in the early Twentieth century. She recalls the grocery store in Grand Junction owned by Roy Sisac, her husband’s father. She speaks about the Mesa Lakes Resort and the Mesa Lakes Ski Run, which were owned and operated by the Sisac and Foster families, and about the development of skiing on the Grand Mesa. She describes the Grand Mesa’s lakes, fish, and instances of poaching and overzealous game wardens. She talks about her husband, Russ Sisac, and his passtimes of basketball and fly fishing. She and interviewer Al Look tell about John Otto’s role in building early trails on the Grand Mesa. She remembers Model T cars and what it was like to drive them. She discusses the foliage and flora of the Grand Mesa. She describes a pet bear named Coco that the Sisac family kept at the Mesa Lakes Resort. She and Look talk about a dog named Sandy that was owned by both of their families at different times. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
*Photograph from the 1937 Grand Junction High School yearbook
