PERSON
Carl Olson Item Info
Born
1895
Occupation
Thresherman
operator of gas station and car dealership
sawmiller
miner
Troy councilman for 24 years
Interviewers
Sam Schrager
Locations Mentioned
Origin
Parents emigrated from Sweden and homesteaded (1889)
Residence
Dry Ridge; Troy
Interviews
Carl Olson Interview #1, 8/6/1973
August 06, 1973
1:31:30
Sam Schrager
Legendary local characters. Why parents left Sweden; Varmlanders ;come to Troy. Getting by on the homestead. Family copper mine and brickmaking. Neighborhood criminals. Decline of...
accidents
death
drinking
+14
Carl Olson Interview #2, 8/17/1973
August 17, 1973
1:28:39
Sam Schrager
Food and water on family homestead. Clearing land. Road building. Homestead ethics. Town of Nora. Tramps. 8-17-73 1.5 hr 25p
horses
immigrants
livestock
+9
Carl Olson Interview #3, 11/8/1973
November 08, 1973
1:52:51
Sam Schrager
More local characters. Impact of depression. Blaming smut fires on IWW. How environment shapes people. Unusual personal experiences. Social problems. City council. 11-8-73 2 hr...
IWW
automobiles
families
+13
Carl Olson Interview #4, 2/21/1975
February 21, 1975
2:27:38
Sam Schrager
Threshing on the ridges in the twenties. Difficulties selling cars. Service station during depression. Struggles of homesteaders. Work in small sawmills. 2-21-75 2.5 hr 67p...
automobiles
banks
childhood
farmers
+11
Carl Olson Interview #5, 6/17/1975
June 17, 1975
0:08:29
Sam Schrager
n/a
politics
sawmills
businesses
Locations Map
Interview Topics
- Title:
- Carl Olson
- Format:
- compound_object
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Carl Olson", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/olson_carl.html
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