Arthur BJERKE (b. 1886)
Residence: Brush Creek; Deary
Occupation(s): Farmer; carpenter; logger
Family Origin: Came from Norway with family, who homesteaded in 1891
Interviews
Arthur Bjerke Interview #1, 8/15/1973
- Topics:
- Herding cattle in meadow rangelands. Experiences with Nez Perces. Family homesteading. Neighbors. Construction of WISM. Father's accident and death. 8-15-73 1.5 hr 19p
- Duration:
- 0:31:05
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African-Americans Native Americans accidents childhood death families farming food funerals homesteads hunting immigrants languages murders railroads schools
- Locations:
- Deary
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Arthur Bjerke Interview #2, 8/20/1973
- Topics:
- Winter surveying with Bill Helmer. Taming an outlaw horse. Impressions of cultural groups. Family farming and grazing methods. Homesteaders' poverty. Oxen logging, wild cattle, and sheep grazing. Deary townsite. 8-20-73 2.2 hr 27p
- Duration:
- 2:04:34
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans farming food gambling homesteads immigrants livestock logging lumberjacks moonshine murders railroads sheep surveying winter
- Locations:
- Deary Kendrick
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Arthur Bjerke Interview #3, 10/10/1973
- Topics:
- Hunting experiences of a sharpshooter. Game animals' habits and history. Early Elk River. Surveying methods. 10-10-73 1.3 hr 15p
- Duration:
- 1:33:29
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- churches families fires holidays homesteads hunting immigrants languages politics presidents religion surveying world wars
- Locations:
- Deary Elk River
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Arthur Bjerke Interview #4, 5/30/1975
- Topics:
- Joe Wells family. Two killings. Impact of Potlatch Lumber Company. Signs of weather, planting, and reproduction. Fruitless mining operations Spring floods. 5-30-75 2.2 hr 27p
- Duration:
- 2:14:06
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans IWW Native Americans banks churches dances death education fighting fishing floods friendship homesteads immigrants knitting livestock logging lore music neighbors rape schools strikes suicide teachers timber winter women
- Locations:
- Deary Bovill Big Bear Ridge
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Arthur BJERKE (b. 1886)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/bjerke_arthur.html
Rights
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