Jesse and Mabel SPENCER (b. 1885; 18892)
Residence: Troy
Occupation(s): Farmer; Farm wife; harvest cook
Family Origin: Parents were homesteaders from Kentucky (1884); Family came from Iowa and homesteaded (1898)
Interviews
Jesse and Mabel Spencer Interview #1, 1/29/1975
- Topics:
- With Mabel Spencer (wife) Art of horse handling. Homesteading in the Grand Coulee country (1907-19) Caring for her family as a girl. Home remedies. Self-sufficiency. Early events around Troy. 1-29-75 2.7 hr 58p
- Duration:
- 2:42:25
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans IWW banks cooking death education families farming forest fires homesteads horses illness immigrants logging lore medicine moonshine murders schools shivarees slavery telephones timber water wool
- Locations:
- Troy Moscow Mountain Moscow
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Jesse and Mabel SPENCER (b. 1885; 18892)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/spencer_jesseandmabel.html
Rights
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