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Jane Williams speaks with Laurel
Tyrrell about...
1)
Jane's early life.
Dayton, Ohio\ Williams, Jane - father\ foundry\ education\
teaching\ higher education\ depression\ Williams, Jane -
husband\ H. O. Red Williams|
2)
Coming to Alaska.
married\ Williams, Jane - meeting husband\ military service\
coming to Alaska - reasons\ Williams, Jane - children\
Williams, Jane - husband\ jobs\ Fairbanks|
3)
On moving to Central.
Williams, Jane - children\ Central - reasons moving to\
Doane\ homestead\ Ericksen, Riley\ Crabb's store\ Alaska
Road Commission\ Williams, Jane - husband\
flying|
4)
Making a living.
Fort Yukon\ teaching\ Cantwell\ Central\ Lathrop High
School\ store\ gas station\ restaurant\ Williams, Jane -
nephew\ Williams - husband\ Berdahl, Johnny\ flying\ Circle
Hot Springs\ weather observer\ Postmaster\ wage
earning|
5)
Central.
importance\ Fairbanks\ Central\ store\ Doane, Reginal\
Doane, Reginal - wife\ cabin - fire|
6)
Circle to Fairbanks
trail.
Wilde, Dorothy\ trail - Circle to Fairbanks\ McQuestion,
Jack\ Highway\ highway - conditions\ recording\ Roman,
Walter\ miners\ Lake, Johnny\ Anderson, Jack\ Stout, Earl\
newcomers\ airplanes - arrival\ Circle Hot
Springs|
7)
Roadhouses in the
area.
Roadhouse - Central\ Ericksen, Riley\ changing times\ Circle
Hot Springs\ Central\ Roadhouse - Birch Creek\ Roadhouse -
Faith Creek\ mining\ Eagle Creek\ Mammoth Creek\
Independence Creek\ Ketchem Creek\ gold|
8)
Jane figures dates by birth of
children.
Williams, Jane - children\ Williams, Jane - figuring time by
children's birth\ Robin\ Gene\ Williams, Jane - husband\
Janie|
9)
Life in Central.
Central - baby born\ Zurik, Dr.\ Berdahl, Johnny\ Williams,
Jane - children\ home schooling\ Williams, Jane -
husband|
10)
Eagle Creek.
gold mining\ Herring, Bill and Alice\ Fraska, Johnny\
Zimmerman, Mrs.\ berry - picking\ gold mining - hydraulic\
settling ponds\ gold nugget\ Herring, Alice - daughter\
University Museum|
11)
Central old timers.
Carstens, Heine\ Anderson, Jack\ hospitality - exchange\
Ulmer, Joe\ mapping\ Nome\ gold - strike it here or
there|
12)
Central old timers
continued.
Langlow, Jens\ Stade\ Switch Creek\ gold - sack\ earning a
living\ Langlow, Jens - death\ gold mining - importance of
water\ liked life\ gentlemen\ Ulmer, Joe\ hospitality -
children\ celebration - Christmas\ St. Nick\ Stout, Earl\
wage earning\ mining\ highway|
13)
Central old timers
continued.
Steady income\ summer - work\ winter - rest\ Stout, Earl\
Circle hot Springs\ swimming\ hospitality - children\
languages\ Soboloff, Simon\ Carstens, Heine - wife\ Zurik,
Dr.|
14)
Earl Stout, an old
timer.
Stout, Earl\ potatoes\ beans\ Williams, Jane - sons\ study
stars\ Haley's Comet\ well read|
15)
Johnny Lake, an old
timer.
Lake, Johnny\ well read\ hospitality - cabin open\
hospitality - food\ hospitality - cleanliness\ bean pot\
dishes\ washtub\ cabin - fire\ Lake, Johnny - death\
kerosene|
16)
Johnny Lake and Joe
Ulmer.
Ulmer, Joe\ neighbors\ hospitality - cleanliness\ can pile\
scrap heap\ undertaker\ Lake, Johnny - death\ Kennedy, Tom\
Central - cemetery|
17)
Johnny Lake and Joe Ulmer
continued.
pulled teeth\ moose\ head cheese\ recipe\ Lake, Johnny\ dog
team\ mail contract\ Circle Hot Springs to Miller House\
Rivard, Jerry|
18)
Frank and Graziella
Miller.
Miller, Frank\ Miller, Graziella\ Miller House\ gold
production\ population - effect of gold price\ Berry Dredge\
mail - gold|
19)
Frank and Graziella Miller
continued.
mail - gold\ Miller, Frank - story teller\ Williams, Jane -
children|
20)
Frank and Graziella Miller
continued.
Williams, Jane - husband\ Miller, Frank\ Davidson Ditch\
Faith Creek\ siphon\ ditch|
21)
Dr. Zurik.
newcomers\ Zurik, Dr.\ Zurik, Dr. - wife\ coming to Alaska -
reasons\ Donnelly, Joe\ cabin - location\ Beistline, Earl\
Zurik, Dr. - son|
22)
Dr. Zurik continued.
Berdahl, Johnny\ Berdahl , Johnny - son\ hunting\
hospitality - exchange\ Zurik, Dr.\ helping others\
Williams, Jane - children\ Rourke\ Williams, Jane -
difficult delivery\ medicines|
23)
Dr. Zurik continued.
Williams, Jane - children\ dislocated shoulder\ Williams,
Jane - husband\ fish - hook\ Zurik, Dr. - wife\ Zurik, Dr. -
son\ isolation\ mental illness\ Kennedy,
Julie|
24)
Dr. Zurik continued.
mental illness\ Kennedy, Julie\ Zurik, Dr. -
death|
25)
Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Springs\ winter - miners stayed\ dances -
Saturday\ Eagle Creek\ Berdahl, Johnny\ Berdahl, Johnny -
wife\ Evelyn\ Williams, Jane - husband\ Berdahl, Johnny -
children\ neighbors\ visiting\ gardens\ vegetables all
winter|
26)
Circle Hot Springs
continued.
hot water\ swimming\ pools\ Tripp, Jack\ Cacy, Bob\
deterioration\ condensation|
27)
Animals around
Central.
berry - picking\ hunting\ Williams, Jane - husband\ moose\
caribou\ caribou - population shifts\ caribou - highway\
moose - mainstay\ fishing\ salmon\ trapping\ lynx\ wolves\
bears\ wild animal - population|
28)
Animals continued.
ground squirrels\ Ketchem Rocks\ pikas\
parkas|
29)
Diamonds.
power plant\ well\ diamond finds\ Diamond\ Gelvins\ Crooked
Creek\ Warren, Mary\ Warren, Mary - husband\ Diamond\ Urban,
Adolph - circus performer\ Linck, Alaska\ Stewarts\ Diamond
- death|
30)
Diamond continued.
Diamond\ Ericksen, Riley - gardening\ lemon\ Diamond -
death|
31)
Riley Ericksen.
Ericksen, Riley\ gold - sack\ nuggets - medium of exchange\
hospitality - helpfulness\ neighbors\ Doane\ Williams, Jane
- husband\ Ericksen, Riley - death\ Knutsen, Big Nick\ N.C.
Co.\ Ericksen - bookkeeping\ closing|
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