COLLECTION NAME:
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
mediaCollectionId
TCL~4~4
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
Collection
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Title:
An interview with John Breckenridge
title
An interview with John Breckenridge
Title
false
Creator:
Breckenridge, John :1916-1996.
creator
Breckenridge, John :1916-1996.
Creator
false
Identifier:
OH 0007 BRE
identifier
OH 0007 BRE
Identifier
false
Description:
This oral history records important historical aspects of the central Idaho sheep industry. The Breckenridge family owned land in Twin Falls, ID, and in the Stanley Basin area of the Sawtooth National Forest and were well known in the sheep business. John discusses his memories of Ketchum in the 20s; sheep grazing in the Stanley Basin in the 30s; trucking sheep and lambs; the railroad; marketinge of lambs in Ogden, UT, or Denver; the development of "country buying" for which lambs were sold near the sheep ranch and then trucked to market by the buyer rather than shipped to market by the seller; entry into the ewe and lamb raising business; grazing regulations on public lands (US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management); problems encountered in grazing both cattle and sheep on public lands; winter and summer sheep grazing locations in Idaho; discussion of types of wool and breeds; market niche of purchasing feeder lambs; decision to sell the ewe-lamb raising business; sheep industry life as a male dominated one; John's vision of the future of sheep raising; role of predators (especially coyotes) on the profitability of the sheep business; principle of "multiple use" of public lands; influence of environmental and recreational advocates on public land use policy; the development of Forest Service specialists; environmental degradation from overgrazing in the Wood River Valley, ID; the affect of trucking on land use and land degradation; and problems of sheep industry in the late 70s.
description
This oral history records important historical aspects of the central Idaho sheep industry. The Breckenridge family owned land in Twin Falls, ID, and in the Stanley Basin area of the Sawtooth National Forest and were well known in the sheep business. John discusses his memories of Ketchum in the 20s; sheep grazing in the Stanley Basin in the 30s; trucking sheep and lambs; the railroad; marketinge of lambs in Ogden, UT, or Denver; the development of "country buying" for which lambs were sold near the sheep ranch and then trucked to market by the buyer rather than shipped to market by the seller; entry into the ewe and lamb raising business; grazing regulations on public lands (US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management); problems encountered in grazing both cattle and sheep on public lands; winter and summer sheep grazing locations in Idaho; discussion of types of wool and breeds; market niche of purchasing feeder lambs; decision to sell the ewe-lamb raising business; sheep industry life as a male dominated one; John's vision of the future of sheep raising; role of predators (especially coyotes) on the profitability of the sheep business; principle of "multiple use" of public lands; influence of environmental and recreational advocates on public land use policy; the development of Forest Service specialists; environmental degradation from overgrazing in the Wood River Valley, ID; the affect of trucking on land use and land degradation; and problems of sheep industry in the late 70s.
Description
false
Subject, Topical:
Pettit Lake.
subject_topical
Pettit Lake.
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Topical:
United States. Taylor Grazing Act
subject_topical
United States. Taylor Grazing Act
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Topical:
Sheep ranchers Biography. Idaho
subject_topical
Sheep ranchers Biography. Idaho
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Topical:
Forest Service Sawtooth National Forest Idaho.
subject_topical
Forest Service Sawtooth National Forest Idaho.
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Organization:
Busterback Ranch Idaho
subject__organization
Busterback Ranch Idaho
Subject, Organization
false
Contributor:
Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam
contributor
Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam
Contributor
false
Date Original:
1978.
date
1978.
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:
Sawtooth Valley Sheep 1920-1960 Idaho.
coverage_spatial
Sawtooth Valley Sheep 1920-1960 Idaho.
Coverage, Spatial
false
Coverage, Spatial:
Ketchum (Idaho)
coverage_spatial
Ketchum (Idaho)
Coverage, Spatial
false
Coverage, Spatial:
Twin Falls (Idaho)
coverage_spatial
Twin Falls (Idaho)
Coverage, Spatial
false
Coverage, Temporal:
1978.
coverage__temporal
1978.
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