Interview with Charles Elmer "Charlie" Benson and Leta Ruth (Funk) Benson

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Ruth and Charlie Benson talk about running a hunting camp near Parachute, Colorado for several years and tell stories about foolish hunters. They remember songs they sang and games they played as children. Charlie talks about irrigation and building fences. Charlie speaks about his youth on a dairy farm in Parachute and on a nearby homestead. He recalls helping to build the Granlee Trail in the 1960’s. Ruth recalls the Granlee School, where she taught from 1927 to 1929. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph courtesy of Garfield County, Colorado COGenWeb

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Title: Interview with Charles Elmer "Charlie" Benson and Leta Ruth (Funk) Benson
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Subject: Garfield County (Colo.) -- History, Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado, Dairy farms -- Colorado, Hunting -- Colorado, Hunting guides, Cooks -- West (U.S.), Songs, Folk songs, Games, Youth -- Social life and customs, Colorado -- Social life and customs, Irrigation -- Colorado, Fences
Description: Ruth and Charlie Benson talk about running a hunting camp near Parachute, Colorado for several years and tell stories about foolish hunters. They remember songs they sang and games they played as children. Charlie talks about irrigation and building fences. Charlie speaks about his youth on a dairy farm in Parachute and on a nearby homestead. He recalls helping to build the Granlee Trail in the 1960’s. Ruth recalls the Granlee School, where she taught from 1927 to 1929. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph courtesy of Garfield County, Colorado COGenWeb
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Date: May 4, 1983-, April 29, 2024
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (52:52) digitized from source material (Interview 678: Audiocassette 1); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:2009, : OH 678 Benson, Charles E. and Benson, Ruth
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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/ Or Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/English

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Interview with Charles Elmer "Charlie" Benson and Leta Ruth (Funk) Benson

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