Interview with Jess C. Christenson

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Item NumberPPLDoh-i-07bDate Interview4/27/1976DescriptionOral history interview with Jess C. Christenson, of Limon, Colorado. Mr. Christenson relates a brief history of his family, emigrants from Norway who worked on the railroad in eastern Colorado. He gives an account of the dust bowl days and how it affected his gas and oil business. He reports on events that forced change on the community of Limon| as an example, a railroad strike led to the railroad removing a number of railroad shops to other locations. With the completion of I-70, Limon suffered financial loss because the road by-passed the town proper. He relates the events around the death of a rancher's daughter and the subsequent killing of the man suspected of her death. He discusses the Ku Klux Klan in Limon and Morley's Rangers, a KKK psuedo-militia group named for Gov. Clarence Morley, who became governor of Colorado in 1925 with the backing of the KKK. NarratorChristenson, Jess C.InterviewerTeeuwen, RandallSubjectLimon (Colo.)--HistoryRailroads--ColoradoEmigration and Immigration--NorwayEmigration and Immigration--United StatesGreat Plains--Emigration and immigrationDust Bowl Era, 1931-1939Great Plains--Social life and customsGreat Plains--Economic conditionsKu Klux Klan (1915-)--ColoradoCollectionOral HistoriesColorado Centennial - Bicentennial Oral History ProjectLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightsPikes Peak Library District| http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tape

Oral HistoryJess C. Christenson

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Date Digital7/29/2008Formataudiomp3File Name PPLDoh-i-07bDuration0:33:54Resource Typesound

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Interview with Jess C. Christenson