Rogers, Mona
Person
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers, 1980 February, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-210
Abstract
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 Rogers was born in 1900. He tells several stories about the Rogers brothers and their homesteading days. Rogers talks about his school days including a time when he fell off the swings and broke both arms. He mentions home remedies and the value of a dollar in those days. He also describes his...
Dates:
1980 February; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Dave and Helen Duckworth, 1986 November 6, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-008-1
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Dave Duckworth begins by telling how he and Helen came to Mesa in 1943 so he could work as a pharmacist. He talks about living in the Evergreen district, owning a drugstore with his father, and how medicine has changed in 40 years. He describes what Mesa was like in the 1940's with wide streets, a thriving downtown district, and good schools. Mr. Duckworth talks about the semi-rural environment that allowed people to have horses in their yards in the middle of town. He mentions being a...
Dates:
1986 November 6; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Moody Crandall Gale, 1986 March 26, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-011-1
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Gale gives some of her family's history and tells how her father, Francis Winfred Moody, helped settle and design the town of Thatcher, Arizona. She talks about her early life in Thatcher taking care of her siblings and grandmother. After marrying Myron Hamilton Crandall, Gale moved to Gilbert in 1917 where they farmed for several years, raised a family of five boys, and were active in the Mormon Church. Gale describes life in Gilbert and Mesa including going to movies at the Nile Theatre...
Dates:
1986 March 26; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Gertrude Cooper, 1986 May 15, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-006-1
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Cooper tells about her father coming to Arizona in 1908 where he homesteaded in the area of Guadalupe and Greenfield roads in Gilbert. She describes everyday life ? hauling water, preserving and storing food, farming, riding horses, and getting around on dirt roads. She talks about marrying Delbert Mortensen who worked as an electrician and then eventually farmed her parents' homestead. Cooper also tells the story of gathering up children in Gilbert to start the first school. She mentions...
Dates:
1986 May 15; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Ike and Elaine Steele, 1985 April 23, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-52
Abstract
Mr. Steele tells of his father moving from Provo, Utah, to Mesa in 1876, where he homesteaded and eventually owned a restaurant. He recalls that his family had livestock including dairy cows and that he attended a two-room schoolhouse in Lehi. Mrs. Steele talks about her schooling and mentions that she took lunch to her father, a constable, everyday. She also describes riding in a horse-pulled buggy to Phoenix to attend the fair.
Dates:
1985 April 23; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lenna Isley, 1986 January 16, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-016-1
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Isley tells the story of meeting her future husband, Guy Isley, at school and falling in love at first sight. They married and relocated to Arizona from Illinois for his health. She recalls that they moved just after the flu epidemic of 1918. She talks about the first house where they lived, the ranch that Mr. Isley bought with his brother, and how the area has grown. She discusses some church activities and her family, including the business that her son, Guy Roe, started. Isley describes...
Dates:
1986 January 16; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lorenzo Dow Rhoton, 1986 April 14, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-032-1
Abstract
Rhoton begins by describing his childhood in Shumway, Arizona, where his parents settled in 1888. He discusses his 51-year career as a teacher in Arizona, 24 of which were in Mesa. He talks about the schools in Mesa, the unification of several small school districts in the area, and names several teachers and principals. He mentions attending the dedication of the Mormon Temple in 1927. Rhoton talks about courting his wife and marrying her in Holbrook, Arizona, in 1917. He also describes the...
Dates:
1986 April 14; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Mary Strauch, 1985, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM02-62
Abstract
Strauch begins by telling of her father's journey to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she grew up. She talks about her brother, who was a successful anthropologist. Strauch tells the story of her husband, Don, traveling through the West to find a place to live with good weather. She tells of following him to Mesa, Arizona, where he started a very successful printing and stationery business. Strauch talks about the family business, which later included a gift shop, and how she balanced work and...
Dates:
1985; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Orin Fuller, 1985 October 14, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-010-1
Abstract
Fuller gives a bit of family history and tells of his parents' homestead in Mesa where they settled and raised dairy cattle because of the good weather and affordable land. Fuller attended school in Mesa and Gilbert, graduated from Tempe Normal School, and went on a mission to Chicago for the Mormon Church. He recalls playing basketball and going to the Mezona every Saturday to dance. He also remembers seeing President Theodore Roosevelt when he was in the second grade. Fuller tells of...
Dates:
1985 October 14; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Owen Gray, 1986 June 3, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-013-1
Abstract
Gray tells the story of his family's move to Arizona in 1880 after being asked to help settle the area by the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He jokes about having been related to most of Mesa's residents when he was young. Gray describes early Mesa with its wide, muddy streets, horses and wagons, and lots of people coming to shop on Saturdays and Sundays. He mentions many downtown businesses including McDowell's service station, the Rex Hotel, the F.P. Drew...
Dates:
1986 June 3; Digitization: 2006 March
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