Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Hawkins, Sherman & Lidie
Record ID:
2007.1.104
Interview Place:
Union, OR
Transcriptionist:
Shearer, Ryan & Helten, Paula
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Farming, cattle, working as a U.S. Navy storeperson in Australia during WWII, the Cowbelles and beef promotion, boilermaking with the Railroad, Hot Lake, and the Election Board.

Lidie Hazel Hawkins' interview was conducted on June 12, 2005.
Audio:
People:
Courtright, Alan
Hawkins, Annetta Habersham
Hawkins, Carl
Hawkins, Craig
Hawkins, Lidie Hazel
Hawkins, Sherman
Hawkins, William Martin
Phy, Dr.
Stencil, Marian
Wright, Claude
Subjects:
Accidents
African Americans
Agriculture
Bands
Canning & preserving
Cats
Cattle
Chickens
Clubs
Combines (Agricultural machinery)
Cooking
Cows
Creeks
Dances
Earthquakes
Farming
Farms
Gardens
Grandparents
Great Depression
Hay
Hogs
Homesteading
Horses
Hospitals
Hunting
Log cabins
Logging
Milking
Organizations
Railroads
Rationing, Consumer
Swimming
Teachers
Teaching
Threshers
Travel
U.S. Navy
Wheat
World War II
Search Terms:
4—H
Albertson's
Australia
Beef promotion
Binder
Boilerman
Boise Cascade
Boot camp
Boy Scouts
Broken pelvis
Buck bales
Butchering
Catherine Creek
Cattle Association
Cattle Women
Civil War
Consolidated Freightways
Conveniences
Cove, OR
Cowbelles
Cream
Crows
Davis Cattle Company
Deer
Diary
Dishwasher
Door to door sales
Driving wrecker
Eagle Scout
Election Board
Elgin, OR
Farm Bureau
Fish and Wildlife
Fruitdale, OR
Grande Ronde Valley
Grange Hall
Halverson Jewelry Company
Hamburger stand
Hawks
Hot Lake fire
Hot Lake, OR
Hyde's Grocery
Inlow Hall
Island City, OR
La Grande Cemetery
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Ladd Canyon
Ladd Creek
LDS
Mayo Clinic of the West
Minam Hill
Mobile Oil
Oil delivery
Owls
Paul Bunyan Company
Peppermint
Pheasants
Pine Grove, OR
Pioneer Flouring
PTA
Sacajawea Annex
Safeway
Salmon
Scholarships
School buses
Shotgun
Slaughterhouse
Stock Show
Sugar beets
Transport ship
Union Pacific Railroad
Union, OR
Weed killer
Yellowstone Park
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