Helmer RINGSAGE (b. 1888)
Residence: Park; Central Ridge
Occupation(s): Farmer; logger
Family Origin: Parents were Norwegian homesteaders (1890); he is Edward Swenson's nephew
Interviews
Helmer Ringsage Interview #1, 2/12/1976
- Topics:
- Mother's death. Woods work in winter. Raising crops and hogs. Hard living at Park (1924-32). Serious accidents. 2-12-76 1.9 hr 49p
- Duration:
- 1:53:48
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- accidents banks cooking death families farming ferries fires harvesting illness livestock logging camps miscarriages moving rivers sawmills timber winter
- Locations:
- Helmer Moscow Central Ridge Potlatch Park
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Helmer Ringsage Interview #2, 2/27/1976
- Topics:
- Running away from home. Struggle with a bad neighbor. Family homesteading on the ridge. Country dances. 2-27-76 2.4 hr 64p
- Duration:
- 1:25:04
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- cooperatives crops dances doctors education families farming homesteads horses illness immigrants lawyers livestock moving murders neighbors plowing politics presidents suicide threshing wagons winter
- Locations:
- Missouri Canada Gifford Avon Deary Craigmont Central Ridge Kendrick Camas Prarie Minnesota Swift Falls Spokane Norway Genesee
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Helmer Ringsage Interview #3, 3/5/1976
- Topics:
- Courtship with wife. Farming for others. Sack sewing in hard times. Work as a boy. Dangerous grade to Clearwater River. Wild Indian ponies. 3-5-76 2.1 hr 56p
- Duration:
- 2:00:53
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans churches families farming homesteads horses illness logging marriage neighbors plowing rivers roads sewing winter
- Locations:
- Park Central Ridge Orofino Moscow Palouse
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Helmer Ringsage Interview #4, 4/1/1976
- Topics:
- Father's strictness. Fighting as a boy. Education in Spokane and Moscow. Farming on Central Ridge. Division of father's estate. Moscow in the thirties. 4-1-76 1.4 hr 37p
- Duration:
- 1:26:44
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression University of Idaho banks boardinghouses cemeteries childhood churches colleges and universities cooking dances death education families food harvesting horses logging lore music neighbors schools world wars
- Locations:
- Park Central Ridge Moscow Portland
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Helmer RINGSAGE (b. 1888)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/ringsage_helmer.html
Rights
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- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.