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Oral history interview with Lillian Millett 1981 October 28 (Part 1)

Millett moved to Mesa from Los Angeles in 1916. She describes the trip that took her family seven days in a Model T. Ford. She describes the big changes from Los Angeles including having no…

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Oral history interview with Lin Werner 1977 May 18 (Part 2)

Werner an important civic leader in Mesa was born in Harrisonburg Virginia in 1901. He came to Mesa in 1925 when the J.C. Penney Company transferred him. Werner talks about his career with…

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Oral history interview with Lillian Millett 1981 October 28 (Part 2)

Millett moved to Mesa from Los Angeles in 1916. She describes the trip that took her family seven days in a Model T. Ford. She describes the big changes from Los Angeles including having no…

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Oral history interview with Lillian Millett 1981 October 28 (Part 3)

Millett moved to Mesa from Los Angeles in 1916. She describes the trip that took her family seven days in a Model T. Ford. She describes the big changes from Los Angeles including having no…

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Oral history of Lelah Schornick 1976 May 5 (Part 3)

Schornick tells of her family's move to Mesa from Cherryville Kansas in 1909 to help her father's bronchiectasis. She recalls crops grown in those days: almonds peaches cantaloupe citrus…

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Oral history of Lelah Schornick 1976 May 5 (Part 4)

Schornick tells of her family's move to Mesa from Cherryville Kansas in 1909 to help her father's bronchiectasis. She recalls crops grown in those days: almonds peaches cantaloupe citrus…

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Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers 1980 February (Part 1)

Rogers tells of his family's move to Mesa in the late 1800s to settle. His grandfather Chancy Foster Rogers homesteaded 80 acres at the southwest corner of Alma School Road and University where…

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Oral history of Lelah Schornick 1976 May 5 (Part 1)

Schornick tells of her family's move to Mesa from Cherryville Kansas in 1909 to help her father's bronchiectasis. She recalls crops grown in those days: almonds peaches cantaloupe citrus…

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Oral history interview with Lin Werner 1977 May 18 (Part 1)

Werner an important civic leader in Mesa was born in Harrisonburg Virginia in 1901. He came to Mesa in 1925 when the J.C. Penney Company transferred him. Werner talks about his career with…

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Oral history of Lelah Schornick 1976 May 5 (Part 2)

Schornick tells of her family's move to Mesa from Cherryville Kansas in 1909 to help her father's bronchiectasis. She recalls crops grown in those days: almonds peaches cantaloupe citrus…

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Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers 1980 February (Part 2)

Rogers tells of his family's move to Mesa in the late 1800s to settle. His grandfather Chancy Foster Rogers homesteaded 80 acres at the southwest corner of Alma School Road and University where…

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Oral history interview with Maynard Henry Sargent 1981 May 6 (Part 6)

Sargent tells of his family's move to Mesa from Kansas via Los Angeles California. He retired from a career at Salt River Project but also worked as a farmer. Sargent gives great detail of…

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Oral history interview with Maynard Henry Sargent 1981 May 6 (Part 2)

Sargent tells of his family's move to Mesa from Kansas via Los Angeles California. He retired from a career at Salt River Project but also worked as a farmer. Sargent gives great detail of…

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Oral history interview with Maynard Henry Sargent 1981 May 6 (Part 4)

Sargent tells of his family's move to Mesa from Kansas via Los Angeles California. He retired from a career at Salt River Project but also worked as a farmer. Sargent gives great detail of…

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Oral history interview with Maynard Henry Sargent 1981 May 6 (Part 7)

Sargent tells of his family's move to Mesa from Kansas via Los Angeles California. He retired from a career at Salt River Project but also worked as a farmer. Sargent gives great detail of…

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Oral history interview with Maynard Henry Sargent 1981 May 6 (Part 3)

Sargent tells of his family's move to Mesa from Kansas via Los Angeles California. He retired from a career at Salt River Project but also worked as a farmer. Sargent gives great detail of…

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