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Arthur Bjerke Item Info

Arthur Bjerke
Born 1886
Occupation Farmer carpenter logger
Interviewers Sam Schrager
Origin Came from Norway with family, who homesteaded in 1891
Residence Brush Creek; Deary

Interviews

Arthur Bjerke Interview #1, 8/15/1973

August 15, 1973
0:31:05
Sam Schrager

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

Native Americans accidents childhood death +12

Arthur Bjerke Interview #2, 8/20/1973

August 20, 1973
2:04:34
Sam Schrager

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...

farming food gambling homesteads +11

Arthur Bjerke Interview #3, 10/10/1973

October 10, 1973
1:33:29
Sam Schrager

Hunting experiences of a sharpshooter. Game animals' habits and history. Early Elk River. Surveying methods. 10-10-73 1.3 hr 15p

families fires holidays homesteads +9

Arthur Bjerke Interview #4, 5/30/1975

May 30, 1975
2:14:06
Sam Schrager

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...

IWW Native Americans banks churches +24

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