Andrew E. Riddle discusses working for the National Guard during a miner’s strike in southern Colorado, the Ludlow Massacre, the horrible mining conditions faced by miners, the joys and woes of cattle ranching and farming, how the Great Depression effected cattle business and personal finances, and purchasing lambs and sheep from the Navajo Indians in New Mexico. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
