Written: Ella Irby Woodruff with Schele Woodruff Mongeon. Read: Barbara Graham.

A Girl from Fraser, Ninety-five Years of Surprises.

History EN ↓ 37 episodes

In 1924 seven members of the Irby family made the 400 mile move from their home in the high desert of New Mexico to a tiny town in the Rocky Mountains. In A Girl from Fraser, Ella, who was two at the time of the move and the youngest member of the family, shares her earliest memories of their Colorado ranch and the improbable life that unfolded for her as the years went by.

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Written: Ella Irby Woodruff with Schele Woodruff Mongeon. Read: Barbara Graham.

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History

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Latest episode

Feb 8, 2026

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Episodes

12. Time to Go Already and We're Going Where? 14.01.2026

Pg. 74. Time to Go Already, February 1944 Pg. 74. We're Going Where? March 1944 - September 1945

11. Back East for the Very First Time. 14.01.2026

Pg. 68. November 1943 - January 1944

10. I Stopped and My Future Stood in Front of Me, Part 2. 13.01.2026

Pg. 64. August 1940 - November 1943.

09. I Stopped, and My Future Stood in Front of Me, Part 1. 13.01.2026

Pg. 57. August 1940 - November 1943

08. From Ranching to Farming. 12.01.2026

Pg. 51. September 1938 - August 1940.

07. The Great Depression. 12.01.2026

Pg. 48. June 1929 - 1938

06. Our Beloved Doc Susie. 12.01.2026

Pg. 45.

05. My Two Favorite Places. 12.01.2026

Pg. 37

04. The Ballard Place, Part 3. 12.01.2026

Pg. 29

03. The Ballard Place, Part 2. 12.01.2026

Pg. 22

02. The Ballard Place, Part 1. 12.01.2026

Pg. 16. The Ballard Place. Before I was ready to start school, Daddy and Mama decided to lease out the Ballard Place and relocate our dairy. It was a mile and a half north of Fraser. 

01. Intro, 'Twas the Night Before Sunday & Fraser 11.01.2026

Dedication, Preface, Acknowledgments. Pg 2. 'Twas the Night Before Sunday, December 1922. Pg. 12. Fraser, September 1924 - September 1938

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