Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Rankin, Patrick & Charlotte
Record ID:
2007.1.141
Interviewer:
Minthorn, Micheal
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Minthorn, Micheal
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Farming, higher education degrees, World War II, movies, the First Christian Church, riding the train to go fishing, and roller skating.

The first interview took place on October 26, 2005.
Audio:
People:
Biggers, Dr.
Bingner, Carolyn Joel
Bingner, Jerry
Bingner, Vera
Finley, Carl
Fleisher, Scott
Geithlehuber, Theresa
Hamann, Willy
Hart, Jack
Hart, Phyllis
Joel, Cora
Loveless
Mickelson, Amelia
Mickelson, Margaret
Miller, Elmer
Morrison, John
Moss, Bill
Rankin, Charlie
Rankin, Charlotte
Rankin, Charlotte Marie
Rankin, Earl
Rankin, Kay
Rankin, Mary Thoma Finley
Rankin, Patrick Earl
Rankin, Paul
Rankin, Peter
Robinson, Gene
Schlessman, Bart
Scott, Virgil
Snell, Earl
Torrance, Fred
Torrance, Jimmy
Subjects:
Agriculture
Alfalfa
Bands
Baseball
Bicycles & tricycles
Camps
Cattle
Combines (Agricultural machinery)
Cooking
Driving, Automobile
Farming
Farms
Fishing
Grains
Great Depression
Harvesting
Hay
Hogs
Homesteading
Hunting
Ice skating
Journalism
Lakes & ponds
Laundry
Log cabins
Loggers
Logging
Movies
Potatoes
Radio
Ranches
Rationing, Consumer
Roller skating
Schools
Smokehouses
Teaching
Threshers
Trains
U.S. Army
Universities & colleges
Wheat
World War II
Search Terms:
"My Shadow"
Amos and Andy
Arcade Theatre
Arctic Circle
Baker, OR
Butchering
Cadre men
Camp J
Carnation
Chinatown
Christmas program
Collins Mill
Columbia Basin Irrigation
Communion
Corps of Engineers
Cove, OR
Creamery
Crescent Lake
Dairy Queen
Deacon
Derrick
Dodge
Eastern Oregon College of Education
Eastern Oregon Light & Power
Elder
Elgin, OR
Enterprise, OR
EOCE
Farm Bureau Hall
Ferrante & Teicher
First Christian Church
Ft. Lewis, WA
Goldie's
Gone With the Wind
Granada Theatre
Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
Grande Ronde River
Grande Ronde Valley
Grass seed
Hillcrest Cemetery
Irrigation Engineer
Island City School
Island City, OR
J.R. Simplot
Joel's Grocery
Jordan Creek
Joseph, OR
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Liberty Theatre
Logging camp
Maytag
McDonald's
McNary Dam
Meter reader
Nell's In and Out
O'Dell Lake
Oregon State
Pitcher pump
Ponderosa, OR
RCA
Sacajawea Annex
Sloughs
Southern Pacific Railroad
Substitute teacher
The Adventures of Jack Armstrong
The Covered Wagon
Tigher Highlife
Trumpet
Union County
Union, OR
University of Oregon
Wallowa Lake
Washington State College
Wimby's
Zuber Hall
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