Interview with Logan County Settlers, 1957-01-01

File — Box: MS 017-01, Folder: MS 017-01-16

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 7

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RT 398 F666m 1957 no. 7 - 7 inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Cassidy, Mrs.; Caswell, Mrs. W.A.; Logan County--History; Luker, G.N.

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interviews with Logan County settlers Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. W.A. Caswell, and G.N. Luker regarding their experiences homesteading in Logan County, Kansas in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Accounts of conflicts between Indigenous Americans and white settlers are included. The beginning of the recording is poor quality.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:16 - Mrs. Cassidy, raising cattle in Logan County in 1903

00:01:02 - Local stores

00:01:29 - Churches

00:03:05 - Telephones

00:03:36 - Farming

00:05:19 - Blizzards

00:06:15 - Horse disease

00:06:43 - Dust storms

00:08:06 - Native animals

00:09:30 - Storing wheat and the first elevator

00:11:00 - Treating sickness and disease outbreaks

00:12:29 - Schools

00:14:15 - Prices of common items

00:15:43 - Experiences with local Romani groups

00:18:57 - Experiences with hobos

00:20:45 - Mrs. W.A. Caswell and moving to Logan County in 1888

00:23:17 - Harboring outlaws

00:24:50 - Acquiring land

00:26:06 - Literary societies, dances, and play parties

00:26:21 - 1899 fire in Oakley, KS

00:26:54 - Teaching experience and schools in Oakley

00:30:35 - Raising horses and mechanical advancements

00:31:35 - G.N. Luker and the story of the John and Lydia German family, killed in a skirmish with Indigenous Americans in Six Mile Gulch in 1874

00:50:12 - Quanah Parker and the Adobe Walls fight

00:59:27 - Billy Dixon and the Buffalo Wallow fight