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Oral history interview with Leroy P. Schlagel, 1995
Oral history interview with Leroy P. Schlagel, 1995
Call Number
OH1633
Date
1995
Description
Leroy Schlagel was a prominent Longmont farmer whose family emigrated from Germany and Russia. Mr. Schlagel touches on a variety of topics: homesteading in the Longmont area, early white settlers' interactions with Indians, muskrat trapping, sugar beet farming, playing baseball with the Altona Grange on Nelson Road, other early families in the area (the Butterworths, Cushmans, Wagners, Voakes and Rudys), and the origins of the Left Hand Water Supply Company, which he helped to found. Mr. Schlagel began working in the beet fields at six years of age; he bought his first land when he was 18-years-old (80 acres at $200 an acre on Nelson Road), and he describes not only farming life, but also the decline of farming in the area and what the loss of that way of life has meant culturally. He also talks about his involvements in the 4-H Club, which led to his meeting President Truman; serving on the St. Vrain Valley School District school board, and planning the community of Clover Basin.
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Oral History with Troy Waycott, OH3055
Oral History with Troy Waycott, OH3055
Call Number
OH3055
Date
2020
Contents
Single recording; 65 minutes, 39 seconds
Description
This interview is part of the Apple Tree Project series of interviews. Troy Waycott has lived in Lyons since 1996, on a property whose orchard was begun in the 1870s. He talks about the 30 surviving apple trees on his property (originally there may have been more than 100); apple tree varieties and cultivation; the history of his property; the history of fruit-growing in the region; ditch history, ownership, and operation; and the history of both the town of Lyons and of area families. He also talks about homesteading in the area, the uses of apple wood, the effects of the 2013 flood, water rights, and the geography of the Lyons area.
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