Interview of George King, 1962-05-13

RT 398 F666m 1962 no. 05 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1962, no. 5; Folklore - Kansas; King, George; Mai, Norman;Holmes, Milton J.; Orr, Grace; Smith, Amy; Smith, Marcene; Walker, Myrl V.; Young, Sylvia;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with George King of Hays, KS on May 13, 1962

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:04 - Introduction and biographical information

00:04:39 - Career as a pharmacist

00:20:00 - Parents

00:22:06 - A shooting on the day of his mother's arrival from Germany

00:23:54 - Boot hill on 18th street in Hays and locally famous murders

00:26:39 - Discussion of photos shown to interviewers of local theatrical productions

00:33:09 - Local football

00:37:14 - James Farm

00:43:20 - Meeting Vice President Charles Curtis

00:48:53 - Law enforcement in the early days of Hays - Wild Bill Hickok

00:54:25 - Relations with Indigenous Americans

00:54:59 - Buffalo soldiers of the 9th Cavalry

00:57:06 - Storms and blizzards

00:58:02 - Robberies in old Hays

00:59:39 - Anecdote about bugs used for red coloring

01:02:00 - Prostitutes exhumed from Boot Hill (racist language)

01:07:53 - Parts in theatrical productions

01:10:11 - Hachmeier family and the 9th Cavalry (racist language)

01:13:16 - Charles Curtis and the experiment station

01:16:05 - Mary Middlekauff as a source

01:17:28 - Brother Charlie

01:17:45 - Social life in early Hays