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Identifier
RT398_F666m_1965_07
Publication Date
6-20-1965
Description
Interviews with Jessie Mae Decker, Mary Burgtorf McKinney, and Ralph McKinney.
00:00:11 - Winter storm of February 13, 1919 told by Jessie Mae Decker of Great Bend, KS
00:03:30 - Flood of Walnut Creek in the 1870's told by Mary McKinney
00:08:30 - Life on the family farm told by Ralph McKinney
00:16:23 - Pranks played on fellow students
00:19:15 - Mary McKinney reads from the diary of her in-laws, Andrew and Mariah McKinney who homesteaded east of Great Bend in 1870. The diary spans the years 1875-1876. Mentions Mrs. Bickerdyke.
00:32:26 - Recording cuts off
Physical Description
reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation
Subject
Pawnee Rock (Kan.), Blizzards, Floods, Farming, Frontier & pioneer life, Barton County (Kan.), Ellinwood (Kan.)
Rights
© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
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Repository
Recommended Citation
Dunavan, Mildred, "Interviews with Jessie Mae Decker, Mary Burgtorf McKinney, and Ralph McKinney" (1965). Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection. 99.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/99
Language
eng
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