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She was born in Crawford County, Missouri to David Eachus and Sarah Eachus. Her father was a farmer and Methodist minister and her mother was a homemaker. In 1895, when she was about 13 years old, the family moved to the Glade Park area of Mesa County, Colorado. There, David Eachus homesteaded and ministered.
She married John George Roehm, a German immigrant, in Grand Junction on September 17, 1906. The 1910 US Census shows them living in Orchard...
28385) Howard Delmar Brouse
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The one-time District Foreman of the Mesa County Road and Bridge Department (circa 1950). He was born to Elwood and Edith Brouse on a farm in Glade Park, Colorado.
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This birthday postcard was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by someone named Victor from Grand Junction, Colorado on January 29, 1913. The text on the front of the card reads, "A wish for your birthday. May you have many, many, birthdays, for each of them is a rose in the garden of friendship."
28390) Walter August Flasche
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He was born in Stratton, Nebraska to Freidrich Wilhelm “William” Flasche and Marie Katherine “Mary” (Vatz) Flasche. Census records indicate that his father was an immigrant from Germany, and that his mother immigrated from a German settlement in Russia. They were farmers. According to Walter, his father had two wives and families, with one in Germany.
The 1900 US Census shows Walter living with his parents and siblings in Burntwood, Kansas...
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A timeline of events written by Mittie Alda Borah, the daughter of Alfred and Mary (Grant) Borah. Alda was born on December 4, 1895. This timeline covers major events relating to her parents from November 1886, when Alfred broke his leg, to March 16, 1896.
28395) Michael B. Husband
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A one-time employee and lecturer of the Museum of Western Colorado. He has enjoyed a long career in historical research and museums. As of 2024, he is working for Heberling Associates.
28396) Warren John Kiefer
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He was born to Samuel Frederick Kiefer and Maude Marie (Hummel) Kiefer in Yakima, Washington and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father was a saleman, broadcaster, and broadcast writer. His mother was a homemaker. Warren was working for the railroad by at least 1940, when the US Census lists him as a “wayo maintenance” worker in railroad construction. It also shows that he had attended a year of college.
He was hired as a fireman on the...
28398) Chester Fred "Chet" Crowley
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He was born to Chester F. Crowley Sr. and Gladys K. (Haynes) Crowley in Birmingham, Alabama. The family moved to Western Colorado in 1936, when he was about seven years old. The 1940 US Census shows Chet, his younger sister and brother living alone with their mother in De Beque. She later remarried. He attended the Palisade School and later obtained his US Army GED.
He served in the US Army from May 19th, 1948 until 1968. He enlisted in Denver,...
28399) Randall Fosburgh
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A participant in a discussion of Plateau Valley history during a panel discussion sponsored by the Mesa County Historical Society in Collbran, Colorado on July 24, 1983.
