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Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Harriet "Hattie" Walker
Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Harriet "Hattie" Walker (Supplied title)
Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Harriet Walker, better known as Hattie, was born in Turner County, South Dakota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life and moving to Iowa and then to Hill City, Minnesota; early days of Hill City; Indians in the area; early logging camps in the area such as Miller Brothers Logging Camp and Weyerhaeuser camps; people of interest in the early Hill City community and the evolution of the city; the saw mill in Hill City; being a dry community and having houses of prostitutions; marriage, her parents' and her own; high school dances; going to college and then teaching; World War I; life in the 1920s and 30s; the mill closing; forest fires.
Dates
- 10/24/1975 (Creation)
Creation
- interviewer: Esse, John
- interviewee: Walker, Harriet
Identifiers
- Library Call Number: OH 142
- Accession Number: AV2012.1.51
Holding Type: Oral History - Interview
Project
Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 46 pages transcript 1 sound disc
Format
- Content Category: sound recordings
- Content Category: text
Measurements
- 01:26:44 running time
Subjects
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