Ruth and Roy Olson speak with Laurel
Tyrrell about....
1)
Introduction, Ruth.
Olson, Ruth - mother\ steamboat\ Dawson\ Deadwood\ Switch
Creek\ Miller House - Kelly's\ old timers|
2)
Ruth's childhood toys.
Olson, Ruth - uncle\ sluice boxes\ games - gold mining\
games - cleanup\ games - cards\ Taggart, Charles\ Olson,
Ruth - father's partner\ Rockness, Sam\ nugget - medium of
exchange\ Olson, Ruth - daughter\ Sylvia\
Severts|
3)
Ruth's early life.
wedding
- Ruth and Roy\ trip - Norway\ Olson, Ruth - grandson\ Tom\
Kodiak|
4)
Ruth's overview of years with
Roy.
Olson, Ruth - daughter\ Circle Hot Springs\ cabin - fire\
hospitality - payments when have job\ Leach, Frank\ road -
not year round\ Olson, Ruth - father's partner\ Rockness,
Sam|
5)
Ruth's overview
continues.
gold mining - Berry Dredge\ Olson, Ruth - daughter\ move -
reasons\ Ladd Field\ Switch Creek\ gold mining - effect of
war\ Olson, Ruth - second daughter\ Louella\ Olson, Ruth -
cousin\ Johnson, Edgar\ Service Motors\ Union Oil\ Alaska
Road Commission|
6)
Cabin on Switch Creek.
fire\ roof - moss and canvas\ Swedish syndicate\ Olson, Ruth
- father\ cabin - building\ Olson, Ruth -
mother|
7)
Ruth's school years and meeting
Roy.
Olson, Ruth - school attendance\ Bellingham\ High school\
Crosson, Joe\ Olson, Ruth - schooling\ Olson, Ruth - Roy\
marriage\ Circle Hot Springs\ Berry Dredge\ Miller House\
Seattle\ winter - work|
8)
Ruth's closest family.
fall - trip Outside\ Seattle\ Bellingham\ Olson, Ruth -
father\ Olson, Ruth - parents\ Nenana\ Olson, Ruth - third
daughter\ Lauris\ Olson, Ruth - grandchildren\ Olson, Ruth -
children|
9)
Roy's early life.
Olson, Roy - school\ Studebaker\ Seattle\ coming to Alaska -
reasons\ Chatham Creek\ gold mining - dredge\ Olson, Roy -
uncle\ Seward\ Alaska Rail Road \ Fairbanks|
10)
Roy comes to Alaska.
road - Fairbanks to Chatham Creek\ Skoogie Gulch\ road -
glaciers on\ Norris, Ralph\ hospitality - teaching
newcomers\ F. E. Co.\ Fairbanks\ Model T\ Olson, Roy -
schooling\ Seattle|
11)Roy's
working years, Alaska Road
Commission.
supply hauler\ Olson, Roy - jobs\ Berry Dredge\ gold mining
- ground preparation|
12)
Roy describes gold mining with a
dredge.
gold mining - dredge description\ flume\ riffles\ tailings\
dredges - movement\ dead man\ pulley|
13)
Roy describes gold
mining.
summer - mosquitoes\ Forsgren\ Olson, Roy - trying snuff\
Chatham dredge - crew\
14)
Roy describes
whipsawing.
whipsawing \ gold mining - hydraulic|
15)
Gold mining.
gold mining - hydraulic\ pipeline\ silted water\ settling
pond\ gold mining - drift mining|
16)
Chatham Dredge. (photo
identification)
stripping - hydraulic\ coal - boilers\ coal - hauling\ Model
T\ GMC Dump truck\ coal - dumping\ barge - Marianne\
Chatanika\ dredge - crew\ fireman\ winch man\ engineer\
shore man\ truck driver\ owner|
17)
Chatham Dredge
continued.
cook\ old timer - Ingo Bretsen\ hospitality -
lunch|
18)
Ruth remembers area old
timers.
Chief William Moses\ Roberts, Sandy -
mother\
Sarah\ dog team - decorated\ handkerchiefs\ Central\ Circle
Hot Springs\ berry - picking\ Leach,
Frank|
19)
Ruth remembers old timers continued. (Photo
Identification)
Sarah\ Leach, Frank\ Roberts, Sandy, - mother\ Roberts,
Sandy - supporting family\ Porcupine River\ Chief Moses\
Ericksen, Riley|
20)
Ruth remembers old timers
continued.
Ericksen, Alf R.\ Olson, Ruth - father\ Ericksen, Riley -
wife\ Margaret\ hospitality - cup of coffee\ gold mining -
Switch Creek\ Stade, Henry\ roadhouse\
dancing|
21)
Roy remembers old
timers.
Beistline, Earl\ Christensen, Harold\ roadhouse\ Circle Hot
Springs\ travel - winter\ wood - hauling\ Miller House\ RD6
caterpillar\ road - keeping open|
22)
Roy remembers old timers
continued.
travel - overflow\ Wheeler, Clarence\ hospitality -
borrowing\ death - coroner's inquest|
23)
Roy remembers old timers continued. (Photo
Identification)
Blondeau, George\ dog team\ Wheeler, Clarence\ cemetery -
Central\ Ericksen, Riley\ hospitality - cleanliness\ Leach,
Frank\ hospitality - children\ Leach, Emma|
24)
Ruth remembers area old timers. (Photo Identification,
two)
Circle Hot Springs\ Miller, Frank\ Miller, Graziella\
McGowan, Eva\ Olson, Ruth\ Olson, Ruth - mother\ Olson, Ruth
- father\ Erickson, Riley\ roadhouse\ Fox, Gertrude\ Miller
House\ Central\ Fox, Roy\ Oakes, Pat\ cabin - ownership
Central\ roadhouse\ Romaker, Mrs.\ Circle Roadhouse - Tanana
Roadhouse\ Appelle, Henry|
25)
Ruth remembers old timers
continued.
Wheeler, Clarence\ Taggart, CC.\ Postmaster\ Circle Hot
Springs\ Olson, Ruth\ Olson, Ruth - father\ Muir, Jim\
Wilson, Mrs.\ Roadhouse - Jump Off\ Ericksen, Riley\ Sather,
Anton\ telephone\ hospitality - telephone\ gold mining -
claims|
26)
Ruth remembers old timers continued. (Photo
identification)
Sather, Anton\ death\ Central - cemetery\ Olson, Ruth -
mother\ Langlow, Jens\ Ulmer, Joe\ hospitality - lunch\
celebration - St. Patrick's Day|
27)
Ruth remembers old timers
continued.
Princess Sophia|
Side 2:
Ruth and Roy Olson speak with Laurel
Tyrrell about....
1)
Ruth and Roy remember old timers. (Photo
identification)
Princess Sophia\ rescue\ Princess Sophia - impact on area\
Anderson, Jack\ Anderson, Pete and wife\ Beistline, Earl\
Riegers\ Garner|
2)
Ruth and Roy remember old timers continued. (Photo
Identification)
Garner\ Eagle Creek\ celebrations - St. Patrick's Day\
Olson, Ruth - family\ Rasmussen, Ed\ O'Leary, Elsie\
Callahan, Helen\ Fox, Roy\ Langlow, Jens\ Knutsen, Big Nick\
Leine, Boyer\ Central - cemetery\ Rodgers, Charlie\
celebration - 4th of July\ games -Tug-o-war|
3)
Ruth and Roy remember old timers
continued.
Wrede\ Eagle Summit\ road - opening\ Switch Creek\ Langlow,
Jens\ celebration - St. Patrick's Day\ travel - hike\
Deadwood\ Greenhorn\ celebration - music\ celebration -
dancing\ Eagle Creek\ Miller House\ Circle Hot
Springs|
4)
Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Springs - gardens\ Circle Hot Springs - meals\
Leach, Mr.\ Anchorage paper\ Olson, Ruth - daughter\ Lauris\
Circle Hot Springs - current|
5)
Circle Hot Springs
continued.
Leach, Mrs.\ Circle Hot Springs - current\ Ames, Charlotte\
Pioneer Acres\ Bell, Arlene\ Circle Hot Springs - gathering
place|
6)
Circle Hot Springs
continued.
Warren, Frank and Mary\ Gelvin, Ginney and Ed\ Riddle's\
Stockbridge, Owen\ Stockbridge, Joyce\ Central - reasons to
live there\ Central Motor Inn\ Olson, Roy - sons in law\
Fairbanks Creek|
7)
Central residents.
Mathis, Edie\ Matheson, Lon\ Bittner, Paul\ Sincola\ games -
cards\
8)
Leaving Central
Central - reasons left\ LeRude, Bob and
Loretta|
9)
Ruth is thankful for a full, good
life.
Olson, Roy and Ruth - family\ thankful for a good life\
Pioneer Home\ closing|
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