Interview with Homesteaders, 1958-06-28

File — Box: MS 017-02, Folder: MS 017-02-08

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 03

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 03 - 7 inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Foley, Alice S.; Galloway, Lew H.; Miller, Ruth; Olson, Egla E.S. Olson;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with several homesteaders who lived in Western Kansas during the late 1800s. The recording includes various folk stories and folk songs. Persons interviewed include Lew H. Galloway, Dale W. Olson, and Ruth Collins Miller.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:26 - Lew H. Galloway, Lynching of Wooten

00:04:37 - White Bull story

00:05:20 - Death of the town of Millbrook, KS

00:06:50 - Starting a prairie fire

00:07:45 - Floods

00:09:47 - Pranks

00:12:10 - Moss agates

00:12:51 - Finding an Indigenous American camp

00:13:40 - Origin of the Trego County Fair

00:16:14 - Lew Galloway and Dale Olson swap tall tales

00:16:24 - 1,000 head cattle drive

00:16:55 - German wolf story

00:17:32 - Fishing story

00:18:28 - Shoeing Buffalo

00:18:56 - Ruth Collins Miller introduction

00:20:10 - Song, Six Young People

00:22:54 - Song, Old Irishman in Peoria

00:25:12 - Song, Charles J. Guiteau

00:27:15 - Song, Lake of Pontchartrain

00:29:33 - Song, The Hancock Boys (Timmy-I-oh)

00:31:15 - Song, Captain Jinks

00:31:59 - Song, Good Morning Merry Sunshine

00:33:08 - Song, Come Little Leaves