COLLECTION NAME:
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
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TCL~4~4
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
Collection
true
Title:
An interview with Dennis Burks
title
An interview with Dennis Burks
Title
false
Creator:
Burks, Dennis, 1918- ,
creator
Burks, Dennis, 1918- ,
Creator
false
Identifier:
OH 0013 BUR
identifier
OH 0013 BUR
Identifier
false
Description:
The Oral History Collection consists of taped interviews of long-time residents. This oral history interview was conducted by Miriam Breckenridge; and was editied by Ginger Piotter, sandraHofferber, and Clara Spiegal; and was transcribed by Claudia Walsworth.
description
The Oral History Collection consists of taped interviews of long-time residents. This oral history interview was conducted by Miriam Breckenridge; and was editied by Ginger Piotter, sandraHofferber, and Clara Spiegal; and was transcribed by Claudia Walsworth.
Description
false
Description:
This is a very detailed Oral History of the sheep business in the early 1900's when people were homesteading in Southern Idaho after water had been obtained because of the Jerome Water Project in 1909. It covers the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 and gives a very thorough picture of sheep life and all things associated with that life. Topics of discussions include: feding sheep on a paved highway; shipping sheep to market; homesteading on the desert of southern Idaho; land dispute with the Utah Construction Company; ranching families; the Flat Top Sheep company; Senator John thomas; Dennis Burk's first job; pulling sheep camp; lambing; sheeep herders; the depression years and hard times; ethnicity of the sheep herders; the Perine Bridge; the work of sheep ranching; the Tillamook fire; Rodgerson, Idaho; moonshine; sheep ranching while going to college; sheep grazing and environmentalists; ranch labor; and wool.
description
This is a very detailed Oral History of the sheep business in the early 1900's when people were homesteading in Southern Idaho after water had been obtained because of the Jerome Water Project in 1909. It covers the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 and gives a very thorough picture of sheep life and all things associated with that life. Topics of discussions include: feding sheep on a paved highway; shipping sheep to market; homesteading on the desert of southern Idaho; land dispute with the Utah Construction Company; ranching families; the Flat Top Sheep company; Senator John thomas; Dennis Burk's first job; pulling sheep camp; lambing; sheeep herders; the depression years and hard times; ethnicity of the sheep herders; the Perine Bridge; the work of sheep ranching; the Tillamook fire; Rodgerson, Idaho; moonshine; sheep ranching while going to college; sheep grazing and environmentalists; ranch labor; and wool.
Description
false
Subject, Topical:
Sheep.
subject_topical
Sheep.
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Personal:
Burks, Dennis, 1918-
subject__personal
Burks, Dennis, 1918-
Subject, Personal
false
Subject, Organization:
Flat Top Sheep Company.
subject__organization
Flat Top Sheep Company.
Subject, Organization
false
Contributor:
Interviewer:Breckenridge, Miriam.
contributor
Interviewer:Breckenridge, Miriam.
Contributor
false
Date Original:
may 1979.
date
may 1979.
Date Original
false
Publisher:
The Community Library,
publisher
The Community Library,
Publisher
false
Format:
audio/mpeg
format
audio/mpeg
Format
false
Type:
Oral history sound recording Transcription available; Indexed.
type
Oral history sound recording Transcription available; Indexed.
Type
false
Coverage, Spatial:
Jerome (Idaho)
coverage_spatial
Jerome (Idaho)
Coverage, Spatial
false
Coverage, Temporal:
may 1979.
coverage__temporal
may 1979.
Coverage, Temporal
false
Rights:
No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
rights
No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
Rights
false