True Epics of Western Colorado radio plays: Episodes 1-4

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Four radio programs written by Wilson Rockwell, based in part on short histories he wrote for his book Sunset Slope, and broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX during the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The programs include: Episode 1 - Death of an Outlaw (0:00), Episode 2 - The Meeker Bank Robbery (14:52), Episode 3 - The Escalante Canyon Duel (29:34), and Episode 4 - The Disappearance of Howard Carpenter (43:10). These broadcasts are made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.

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Title: True Epics of Western Colorado radio plays: Episodes 1-4
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Subject: Western Slope (Colo.) -- History, Local, Murder -- West (U.S.), Sheep wars, Bank robberies, Cattle stealing, Outlaws -- West (U.S.)
Description: Four radio programs written by Wilson Rockwell, based in part on short histories he wrote for his book Sunset Slope, and broadcast in the Grand Junction area on KREX during the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. The programs include: Episode 1 - Death of an Outlaw (0:00), Episode 2 - The Meeker Bank Robbery (14:52), Episode 3 - The Escalante Canyon Duel (29:34), and Episode 4 - The Disappearance of Howard Carpenter (43:10). These broadcasts are made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
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Date: 1960-
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (58:53) digitized from source material (Interview 117: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:580, : OH 117 Rockwell, Wilson Tape 1
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Language: English
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True Epics of Western Colorado radio plays: Episodes 1-4

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