John (Dick) BENGE (b. 1894)
Residence: Hatter Creek; Princeton
Occupation(s): Lumberjack
Family Origin: Moved from Nebraska with family in 1913
Interviews
John (Dick) Benge Interview #1, 7/17/1973
- Topics:
- Logging life. IWW strike for better conditions. Deputy Pat Malone preacher Dick Ferrell. Trading and neighboring in the depression. Advantages of Idaho farming over Nebraska. Problems with bosses. 7-17-73 2.1 hr 55p
- Duration:
- 2:26:55
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression IWW accidents cards drinking families farming fires friendship gambling logging lumberjacks moonshine police officers railroads strikes working conditions world wars
- Locations:
- Hatter Creek Princeton Moscow Moscow Mountain
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John (Dick) Benge Interview #2, 5/3/1974
- Topics:
- With Art Farley (friend) Playing jokes on neighbors: shivarees and chicken stealing. Feuding. Keeping peace at town dances. Secrets of water witching and well digging. Decline of land through misuse. 5-3-74 2.2 hr 49p
- Duration:
- 1:57:36
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- dances drinking farming fighting guns logging camps lore shivarees thieves timber water winter women
- Locations:
- Hatter Creek Princeton Potlatch
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John (Dick) Benge Interview #3, 4/4/1976
- Topics:
- Lumberjack ways: East Europeans, camp conditions, poker, characters, fights. An incompetent foreman; good and bad management. 4-4-76 2.3 hr 49p
- Duration:
- 2:20:02
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- winter roads IWW strikes families lumberjacks logging gambling cards music world wars immigrants murders Great Depression forest fires drinking
- Locations:
- Hatter Creek Princeton
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John (Dick) Benge Interview #4, 4/27/1976
- Topics:
- With Peggy Schott (daughter) Depression experiences: hardships, selling produce, parties, canning, credit. Her work: sawmilling, clearing land, cooking. Woods work. Home improvements. School plays. 4-27-76 3.5 hr 75p
- Duration:
- 3:38:50
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression IWW alcohol blacksmiths children clothing cooking dances dating families farming foremen fraternities gardens gyppos holidays illness logging logging camps medicine mills neighbors plays religion schools sororities tractors women working conditions
- Locations:
- Hatter Creek Princeton Potlatch
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "John (Dick) BENGE (b. 1894)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/benge_john.html
Rights
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