https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/25a6ea94e847b57d739e659bbde76aa6.pdf bc5c9e7bf9b1d47ffa350d5b4797086f PDF Text Text ,..... ,..... -, ,..... ,..... ,..... J J J ' ' ' ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ULYSSES G. McJUNKIN Ulysses Grant McJunkin born November 4, 1881 - died February 5, in El Paso, Texas. Funeral services were Thursday, February 10, at the Ignacio Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Don Kratz officiating. Burial was in the Ignacio Cemetery: Jake, as he was better known from the time he was a small boy, spent his 95 years in many areas and in many occupations. Recalling when he wa~ in first grade in school in Saguache, he told how the McJunkin family came across the plains in a covered wagon. He admitted to being scared at night when he heard the coyotes. He had a lifelong interest in music and played the violin and guitar. He said he remembered his mother saying, "Jake, I wish you would stop plunking away on that guitar, you are about to drive ne crazy." In his early years around this area he played his fiddle at the county dances and his wife, Ruby, corded on the Piano. He was still playing for his own entertainment in his 80s. When Chrestino Casias, another old time musician, came to see him, the two played for hours at a time. As a young man, before he was out of his teens, he freighted across the Navajo reservation, helped survey for a railroad in Arizona and was in the Silverton -Ouray area when the mining days were at their height. An older brother, Elton, freighted supplies from Silverton across Engineer Mountain to Lake City. ) ) ) ) ) J _) .J .J .J J J J _j J J J J J J .J ._) .J From the Ignacio Chieftain for July 19, 1966 - Mr. McJunkin recalled he married Ruby Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. (George Washington) Bryan at the Bryan home which was across from the present Don Gosney ranch. The Bryans and McJunkins were around before there were any houses in what is now down town Ignacio. In 1909 the Bryan family store was located on the south side of the depot. At a later date Mr. Bryan built his store down town, (corner of Pioneer and Goddard). Mr. Bryan also built many of the present day homes in Ignacio. The McJunkins lived in Durango following their marriage. Mr. McJunkin thought it was probably July 4, 1909 that they and the Len Andersons came out from Durango on the train for the sale of some newly surveyed lots in Ignacio. The land was just being thrown open for settlement. On that 4th of July a 30 or 40 piece band from Pagosa had been engaged to play for the celebration. There were eats and speeches before the sale was to begin. However, around noon there was lightning, rain and hail. It got so cold it turned to snow. As the snow piled up, the people took off and headed for their homes and not a lot was sold. Some four years later the McJunkins did move to Ignacio. Mr. McJunkin ran sheep, then started a second hand store, later adding groceries and dry goods. After a number of years they sold the store to Harold Phillips . 117 �The McJunkins in later years lived in the Bryan family home on Browning where Ed Mouser now lives. They had three sons George, Grant, and Harry. After his wife's death, death Mr. McJunkin continued to live here during the summers in the house just north of his former home. In the winter he stays with his son, Harry, in El Paso or with his brother, Jim, at his trading post near Winslow, Arizona. In his later years he has painted a good many pictures, mostly from memory of Navajo land and early day scenes. He hangs these pictures on the walls of his home for his own pleasure. He did not like winter scenes, so he seldom painted bare trees, ice, or snow. February, 1977 - Shelby Smith 118 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shelby Smith Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973-1980 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of biographies, predominantly of residents from the Ignacio Senior Center, based on interviews conducted by Shelby Smith from approximately 1973 to 1980. The abridged interviews were originally published as individual entries in The Thoughtful Years newsletter, published by the Ignacio Senior Center, beginning in 1973. They were later published as a whole in Smith's book: Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley, from which the original scans in this collection have been derived. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ulysses G. McJunkin Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1977-02 Subject The topic of the resource McJunkin, Ulysses G.; Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Ulysses G. McJunkin based on an interview conducted by Shelby Smith. Originally included in the February, 1977 issue of "The Thoughtful Years" newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center. Later included in the book "Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley" by Shelby Smith. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McJunkin, Ulysses G. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2 pages Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby