Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Bates, Charles Ehrman
Record ID:
2007.1.35
Interviewer:
Minthorn, Micheal
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Helten, Paula
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Working for the Union Pacific Railroad as a clerk and crew dispatcher, farming and extensive knowlege of early threshing operations, Hot Lake and the fire they had there in 1934, and several old—timers, such as Walter Pierce and Glen McKenzie.
Audio:
People:
Bates, Charles Ehrman
Bates, Earnest
Bates, Ember
Bates, Laura Elmer
Bates, Lorraine Ruth
Bates, Palmer
Bates, Thomas Ehrman
Connley
Courtright, Gilbert
Cubby, Don
Cubby, Mrs.
Hutchinson, Ralph
Kale, Mrs.
Maaske, Roben J.
McKenzie, Glen
McMullin
Miller, Ed
Miller, Mrs.
Phy, Dr.
Pierce, Camille
Pierce, Cornelia
Pierce, Walter
Ross, Dr.
Skeen, Roy
Williams, Jean
Subjects:
Automobiles
Bands
Barley
Baseball
Basketball
Cattle
Chickens
Churches
Clubs
Dances
Farming
Farms
Fire trucks
Grains
Hay
Homes
Homesteading
Hospitals
Hotels
Houses
Livestock
News & news events
Oats
Pigs
Plays
Politics & government
Railroads
Reunions
Sawmills
Schools
Sleds & sleighs
Teaching
Threshers
Tractors
U.S. Army
Wheat
Wood working
Search Terms:
Ackerman
American Sunday School
Amtrak
Baker, OR
Baptist Church
Baritone horn
Blue Mt. Grange
Boise Cascade
Buick
Burns, OR
Chicago
Christian Church
Clerk
Connley Farms
Corporal
Cove, OR
Crank telephone
Crew dispatcher
District 61
Driver's license
Dry land farm
Eastern Oregon College of Education
Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Clubhouse
Elgin, OR
Emery, OR
Enterprise, OR
EOCE
Fair booths
Fair exhibits
Foley Hotel
Freight
Ft. Lewis, WA
Girl's dormitory
Glee Club
Grange Hall
Grange Master
Harris thresher
Hereford
Hinkle, OR
Home place
Hookie—bobbin
Horses
Hot Lake
Hot Lake fire
Huntington, OR
Inlow Hall
Island City
Japan
Joseph, OR
Korea
La Grande, OR
Ladd Canyon
Logging camp school
Mayo Clinic of the west
Minam
Mineral water
Nampa, ID
Norton, OR
Observatory
Operating room
Party line
Passenger trains
Porter
Portland, OR
Potlucks
Railroad section foreman
Rationing
S.E. Miller grade school
Sacajawea Hotel
Southern Pacific
Stamp collecting
Steel—wheeled
Studebaker
Summerville, OR
Tara's Horse
Texas
The Observer
Threshing operation
Union County
Union County Fair
Union High School
Union Pacific Railroad
Union, OR
Willowdale School
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