Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Smutz, Walter
Record ID:
2007.1.150
Interviewer:
Meyer, Dee Ann Smutz
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a a number of various subjects, some of which include: Farming, harvesting hay, show horses, obtaining firewood, driving at an early age, and working for the Pacific Intermountain Express and Boise Cascade.

Numerous interviews were conducted in 1992 and 1993.

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People:
Anderrite, Tracy
Anson, Delbert
Cleavenger, Frank
Couch, Judge
Davis, D.
DeLong
Eckley, Vic
Garrity, Old Man
Garrity, Toots
Gekeler, Charlie
Gekeler, Dora
Gekeler, Fanny
Gekeler, Minnie
Gekeler, Nellie
Gekeler, Pearl
Green, Bob
Gregory, Theo
Hindman, Billy
Hopper, Grandpa
Hughes, George
Jasper, Mr.
Looney, Melton L.
Madsen, Alvin
McCall, Art
Meyer, Dee Ann
Owsley, Gilbert
Parson
Rogers, Lou
Smutz, Charles
Smutz, Charlotte Allen
Smutz, Dee Ann
Smutz, Dick
Smutz, Dora
Smutz, Doris
Smutz, George
Smutz, I.D.
Smutz, Lynn
Smutz, Martha
Smutz, Richard
Smutz, Thelma
Smutz, Walter
Spencer
Williams, Sr., Bob
Subjects:
Blacksmiths
Combines (Agricultural machinery)
Cooking
Cows
Fairs
Farming
Farms
Firewood
Gardening
Gardens
Grains
Harvesting
Hay
Haystacks
Hogs
Homes
Homesteading
Houses
Milking
Parades & processions
Rattlesnakes
Road graders
Schools
Smoke houses
Sports
Swimming
Teachers
Threshers
Tractors
Wagons
Search Terms:
4th of July
Belgiums
Boise Cascade
Broomfield & Richardson wagon
Butchering
Craigmont, Montana
Derrick
Driving
Elgin, OR
Gekeler Slough
Glass Hill
GMC
Grain wagon
Grande Ronde Hospital
Grange Hall
Hard Scrabble School
Highway Grocery
Home place
Homemade ice cream
Horses
Inland Trucking
International combine
Jackson fork
Joseph, OR
La Grande, OR
Lewiston, ID
Liberty School
Maytag
Model A Ford
Model T Ford
Morgans
Nez Perce, ID
Pacific Intermountain Express
Painted wagon
Pendleton Round—up
Percherons
Portland, OR
Pulmonary fibrosis
Red Pepper School
Rendering lard
Sack sewing
Sand Ridge
Sawing bees
Scotch harness
Short Horns
Six horse hitch team
Smoking meat
Smutz Bros. Team
Smythe Meadow
Sod house
Southwest Washington Fair
Stacking hay
Studebaker
Twin City tractor
Tyler's Dairy
Union Livestock Show
Union, OR
Walla Walla, WA
Water fights
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Smutz FamilySmutz Family
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Hauling hayHauling hay
Stacking hayStacking hay