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George Gray and the Elvis Experience

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September 12 @ 7:00 pm

September 12 @ 7:00 pm

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Name: George Gray and the Elvis Experience
Start: 2019-09-12T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2019-09-12T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Las Colonias Amphitheater

George Gray and the Elvis Experience

Tickets available at 10 am on August 19.

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Date:: September 12
Time:: 7:00 pm
Event Categories:: Events and Programs, Featured

Las Colonias Amphitheater

925 Struthers
Grand Junction, CO United States + Google Map

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Thanks to Historical Photos of Fruita & Western Colorado for their history tidbit!Farm Security Administration client, Mesa County, 1939.

Daisy Poland and her husband Harve were farmers in the Rhone area just east of Fruita in the 1930s and early 1940s. Daisy is shown here in this 1939 photo displaying her canned goods.

Daisy was born Daisy McGee in 1892 in Nebraska. She and Harve moved around quite a bit: In 1924, they lived in Casper, Wyoming; in 1930, they resided in Rifle, Colorado; and by 1935 they had settled in Rhone. They had two children together, Gerald and Marcia. Harve, who was born in 1882, also appears to have had two children from a previous marriage.

The Department of Agriculture Farm Security Administration was established in 1937, one of many “alphabet agencies” established by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression. The FSA was reorganized from the Resettlement Administration (RA), established in 1935. The FSA’s mission was to combat rural poverty through resettlement, low interest loans to farmers, and education programs.

The FSA had an Information Division which employed photographers and journalists to chronicle the conditions in rural communities during the Dust Bowl and Depression. These photos and stories portrayed the challenges faced by farmers and agricultural workers. The photographs were shown to members of Congress to demonstrate the human side of poverty. The FSA, through the photography and written narratives, were also able to “introduce America to Americans.” The FSA was dissolved in 1943, during World War II.

The FSA photojournalists traveled to Western Colorado on several occasions to record conditions and interview clients of FSA programs. This photo of Daisy Poland was taken on one such occasion, in 1939.

Although the Polands were FSA loan recipients, by 1943 they were no longer living in Rhone. Their residence was in Grand Junction on White Avenue. Harve died in 1948, and Daisy is listed in the Grand Junction directory as widowed and still living on White Avenue.

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5 Reasons to Attend Grand Junction’s Upcoming Cowboy Gathering

This November, some of the top local and national cowboy poets and Western singers will be gathering in Grand Junction. If you’re not familiar with a Cowboy Gathering, here’s a little breakdown, and m…

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Thanks to Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry / CowboyPoetry.com for helping us spread the word!

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Come celebrate fall with us! October 19 at Cross Orchards Historic Site! … See MoreSee Less

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A favorite poem by a favorite local cowboy poet- check out the video below!

Terry Nash will be one of the performers at "An Evening of Cowboy Poetry and Music" along with Nona Kelley Carver, Bill Clark, and Peggy Malone this Friday at KAFM Community Radio Room! … See MoreSee Less

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