Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Talbott, William
Record ID:
2007.1.155
Interviewer:
Turner, John
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Pilling, Heather
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Trouble—making as a boy, Prohibition and bootleggers, Old Town, La Grande businesses, cemeteries near the Inlow Hall hill, and wiring such buildings as the Walter Pierce Library while working as an electrician

The first interview took place on May 7, 2002.

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People:
Able, Pete
Asla, Mitch
Baker, Harvey
Bearden, Mr.
Bohnenkamp, Bill
Breshears, Jess
Bunhall, Bob
Clark, Marvin
Cleavinger, Del
Cleavinger, Frank
Cooper, Claude
Deal, June
Epling, Golan
Evans, Lou
Farnum, Roy
Ford, Walter
Frees, Norman
Goss, M.J.
Gower, Mrs.
Haines, Clint
Harrison, Sam
Hildebrandt
Hudson, Eddie
Hutchison, John
Ingerson, Jim
Lilly, Mr.
Mahaffey, Nell
Maldonaldo, Jim
Mason, Harry
McCarthy, Harry
McNees, Mrs.
Miller, Roy
Moore
Oliver, Athol
Ramsey, Roy
Rothwell, John
Snider, Mrs.
Stockhoff
Talbott, Mary Anne Svetich
Talbott, William
Thomas, Nick
Thornburg, Al
Tsiatsos, Gus
Turnbow, Jess
Tyler, Mr.
Williams, Harry
Woods, Earl
Zimmerman, Doyle
Zupan, Mike
Subjects:
Barns
Calves
Cemeteries
Circus parades
Dances
Dogs
Drugstores
Electrician
Fire
Fishing
Freight
Great Depression
Grocery stores
Hay
Hunting
Ice skating
Machinery
Milk
Pigs
Prohibition
Pumpkins
Roller skating
Saloons
Sleighs
Stores & shops
Swimming
Theater
Trucks
Unions, Labor
Wood cutting
Search Terms:
Ackerman Hall
Arcade Theater
Barnum Circus
Big Bear Grocery
Birnie's Jewelry
Blue Mountain Creamery
Bohnenkamp's
Bonfires
Bootleggers
Bottles
Buckley's Electric
Carr Furniture
Central School
China Mary's
Chinatown
Chinese
Cove, OR
Crystall Plunge
Deal Canyon
Eagles Hall
Eagles Lodge
Eastern Oregon College
Elk
EOC
Epling's Market
Falk's
First National Bank
Foley Hotel
Granada Theater
Grande Ronde River
Grande Ronde Valley House
High banks
Hill's Clothing Store
Hofmann's Grocery
Horses
House dances
IBW # 48
IBW #112
Inlow Hall
J.C. Penney's
Joel's Grocery
Ku Klux Klan
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Melville's Gift Shop
Model T Ford
Montgomery Ward
Moon Drug
Moonshine
Morgan Lake
N.K. West
National Guard Armory
Old Town
Oro Dell
Parrot Grill
Pest house
Phillip's Reservoir
Piggly Wiggly
Pine Cone
Pinochle
Portland, OR
Red and White Grocery
Rexall Drug
Riverside Park
Rooster Peak
Sacajawea Hotel
Sherry's Theater
Shooting
Slaughter Pond
Star Theater
Starkey, OR
Stein Club
Stills
Table Mt.
The Black Cat
Tiss's Music Shop
Tong wars
Trotter's Men's Store
Walter Pierce Library
Whiskey
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Wright's Drug Store
Zimmerman's
Zuber Hall
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