Interview with Arline Mae "Susie" (Spencer) Cantril
Description
Arline Cantril talks about her childhood in Salida, Colorado. She speaks about her marriage to James Cantril, their subsequent move to Leadville, where her husband worked in the Climax Mine, and mining life. She remembers her move to the Starr District of Mesa County, near Loma, after her husband’s bout with pneumonia in the 1930’s, and describes their farm. She recalls returning to Lake County and mining life after the Federal Government mandated that her husband return to molybdenum mining during World War II. She describes their retirement to Grand Junction in 1958. She reminisces about the people of the Starr District and Loma, and about agriculture and farming in the Grand Valley. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.