Italian Immigrants in Fruita

Title

Italian Immigrants in Fruita

Date

1920 – 1977

Description

Joe, Mike and Ida Peep discuss their family’s Italian heritage, the history of their pioneer family in Fruita, and life as young people in Western Colorado. Depression; Italians; Making Quirts And Spurs; Ice Skating; Catching Wild Cows; Cowpunchers Reunion; Cars; Fruita; Making Spaghetti; Medicine Shows; Fruita Bandstand; Catholic Church; Crocheting; Gar Mesa Land And Cattle Company; Aspen; Woody Creek, Pitkin Cty; Rodeos;sneak Day, For Seniors In High School; Movies; Carbon Black Company; Horseback To School; Dr. J. Orr; Big Salt Wash; Wild Horses

Source

Plains to Peaks Collective

Relation

Type

physical object

References

https://collections.westcomuseum.org/Detail/objects/75.1977

Citation

“Italian Immigrants in Fruita,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed September 9, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/38998.

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