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Transcript Of Cotton Handlines And Pistols, Paul A. Hanneman Jul 2011

Transcript Of Cotton Handlines And Pistols, Paul A. Hanneman

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Paul Hanneman recounts a misadventure with cotton handlines and sharks, as well as one with pistols and salmon.


Transcript Of A Powder-Puff Derby Loss, Paul A. Hanneman, Sandy Hanneman Jul 2011

Transcript Of A Powder-Puff Derby Loss, Paul A. Hanneman, Sandy Hanneman

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Sandy Hanneman and Paul Hanneman recount a powder-puff derby race which Sandy and her rowing partner lost.


Transcript Of The Origins Of Dory Fishing In Pacific City, Paul A. Hanneman Jul 2011

Transcript Of The Origins Of Dory Fishing In Pacific City, Paul A. Hanneman

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Paul Hanneman discusses the closing of the Nestucca River to commercial fishing in 1926 and the beginnings of dory fishing from Cape Kiwanda.


Transcript Of Climbing Haystack Rock, Paul A. Hanneman, Sandy Hanneman Jul 2011

Transcript Of Climbing Haystack Rock, Paul A. Hanneman, Sandy Hanneman

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Sandy Hanneman and Paul Hanneman recount climbing Haystack Rock before it was designated a wildlife sanctuary. Other adventurers include Florence Abshear, Steven Siltanen, and Bruce Erickson.


Transcript Of Salt Water In The Rig, Wendy Hay, Joe Hay Jul 2011

Transcript Of Salt Water In The Rig, Wendy Hay, Joe Hay

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Joe and Wendy Hay recount a dory launching when their rig filled with salt water and the consequences of that event.


Transcript Of Bernie’S Final Tuna Run, William D. Hook Jul 2011

Transcript Of Bernie’S Final Tuna Run, William D. Hook

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Bill Hook recounts the experience of spreading his stepfather’s ashes on the tuna grounds.


Transcript Of The Exceptional Tuna Catch, Paula Hook, William D. Hook Jul 2011

Transcript Of The Exceptional Tuna Catch, Paula Hook, William D. Hook

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Bill and Paula Hook describe an exceptional day of tuna fishing.


Transcript Of Damn Fool Kids, Clinton R. Bailey Jr. Jul 2011

Transcript Of Damn Fool Kids, Clinton R. Bailey Jr.

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Skip Bailey recounts a humorous story about rough seas, walkie-talkie radios, and young fishermen.


Transcript Of The Blimp Encounter, Allan Jensen Jul 2011

Transcript Of The Blimp Encounter, Allan Jensen

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Al Jensen recounts the experience of encountering a Navy blimp while fishing with his father, Pete Jensen, during World War II.


Transcript Of My Father's Fish Company, Rod Hogevoll Jul 2011

Transcript Of My Father's Fish Company, Rod Hogevoll

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Rod Hogevoll recounts why his father, Jack Hogevoll, decided to move to Pacific City and establish a fish-buying business. Rod also describes his work in the fish market that was eventually named the Kiwanda Fish Company.


Transcript Of Showing Off At The Derby, Ben Hogevoll Jul 2011

Transcript Of Showing Off At The Derby, Ben Hogevoll

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Ben Hogevoll recounts how showing off at a Dory Derby race with his friend Scott Rabe cost them the win.


Interview No. 1506, Francisco Escalera Jul 2011

Interview No. 1506, Francisco Escalera

Combined Interviews

Escalera recalls that his father died in 1954 and his family moved from Michoacán to Guadalajara, Mexico since it was hard to earn a living. He remembers that in this place he got a job with the city government for which he worked for 34 years and in 1959 he got opportunity to go to the U.S. and got a license from his job to be absent for three month. He describes his journey from Guadalajara going to the contract center in Empalme, Sonora, then to the border in Calexico, California from which he was hired to go to Santa …


Transcript Of The Big Tip, Dick A. Yates Jul 2011

Transcript Of The Big Tip, Dick A. Yates

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Dick Yates recounts a fishing excursion with three tourists from New Jersey.


Transcript Of Damage In The Surf, Dave Larkins Jul 2011

Transcript Of Damage In The Surf, Dave Larkins

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Dave Larkins recounts a frightening time getting caught in the surf.


Transcript Of Would You Give Me A Ride To My Boat, Dave Larkins Jul 2011

Transcript Of Would You Give Me A Ride To My Boat, Dave Larkins

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Dave Larkins recounts an embarrassing moment when his boat launched without him.


Transcript Of An Octopus In My Dory, Don Grotjohn Jul 2011

Transcript Of An Octopus In My Dory, Don Grotjohn

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Don Grotjohn describes one of his oddest catches, an octopus, and the difficulties involved in extracting it from his fish box.


Transcript Of Origins Of The Ukranian Fleet, Albert Knopf, Noel Knopf Jul 2011

Transcript Of Origins Of The Ukranian Fleet, Albert Knopf, Noel Knopf

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Noel Knopf and his son, Albert Knopf, recount the origins of the Ukranian Fleet, a group of California teachers and their children who dory fished in Pacific City during the summers.


Transcript Of Of Dories And A Hooked Nose, Don Grotjohn Jul 2011

Transcript Of Of Dories And A Hooked Nose, Don Grotjohn

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Don Grotjohn describes his first dory adventure and subsequent love for and building of dories. He then recounts a not-so-pleasant encounter with a salmon hook.


Transcript Of The Dory Derby Accident, Don Grotjohn Jul 2011

Transcript Of The Dory Derby Accident, Don Grotjohn

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Don Grotjohn recounts an accident that occurred during a Dory Derby competition.


Transcript Of The Quality Of Life In Pacific City, Ronald M. Kellow Jun 2011

Transcript Of The Quality Of Life In Pacific City, Ronald M. Kellow

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Ron Kellow discusses the history of his family in the area and describes the quality of life offered by Pacific City.


Transcript Of A Fish Story Of Fish Stories, Michael W. Cellers Jun 2011

Transcript Of A Fish Story Of Fish Stories, Michael W. Cellers

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Mike Cellers recounts a call from his friend Steve Rice asking for assistance with getting salmon to shore. With a few twists, the tale turns to great bottom fishing despite a disabled dory in need of a tow.


Transcript Of Saving Greenhorns, David L. Stiles Jun 2011

Transcript Of Saving Greenhorns, David L. Stiles

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Captain David Stiles recounts the experience of pulling a novice fisherman and his dory out of the surf.


Transcript Of A Rough Landing With My Grandpa, Terri Stiles Jun 2011

Transcript Of A Rough Landing With My Grandpa, Terri Stiles

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Terri Stiles recounts a memorable rough landing in her grandpa Gil Siler’s dory, the Noaloa.


Transcript Of Why I Became A Dory Charter Captain, David L. Stiles Jun 2011

Transcript Of Why I Became A Dory Charter Captain, David L. Stiles

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Captain Dave Stiles of Eagle Charters explains his motivation for opening a dory charter business.


Transcript Of Landing In A Rough Surf, Sidney Fisher Jun 2011

Transcript Of Landing In A Rough Surf, Sidney Fisher

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Sid Fisher describes the experience of landing his dory on the beach in a particularly rough surf.


Transcript Of My Father’S Heroics, Sidney Fisher Jun 2011

Transcript Of My Father’S Heroics, Sidney Fisher

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This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Sid Fisher recounts how his father, Walt Fisher, saved him from rolling his dory.


Interview No. 1638, Margarita R. Mendoza Jan 2011

Interview No. 1638, Margarita R. Mendoza

Combined Interviews

Margarita Mendoza was an employee for Union Manufacturing in El Paso, TX; was born in East Chicago, IN on July 28, 1927; her parents were from Durango, Mexico; her father was a farmer for his mother’s family on their hacienda, she describes how they met when she was a baby and he was a farmhand; she reveals father’s brothers fought with the revolutionaries in the Mexican Revolution, but he came to the U.S. in 1910; she relays mother’s family struggle to escape the Mexican Revolution, she describes her parent’s courtship; she mentions they had six children while working in Kansas …


Ua6/1/1 Lost River Cave & Valley - Oral History Project, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua6/1/1 Lost River Cave & Valley - Oral History Project, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed oral history files regarding Lost River Cave & Valley.


Interview No. 1597, Leticia Carabajal Oct 2010

Interview No. 1597, Leticia Carabajal

Combined Interviews

Her maternal grandfather she explains fought alongside Pancho Villa and was eventually killed; she explains that her father is a bracero but she did not discover this until he began speaking about working in Utah, Colorado, and California; her father worked as a bracero in order to support the family, eventually buying a house with his earnings; she points out that her father does not have his bracero documentation; she began seeing articles about braceros in local newspaper, consequently she began recording her conversations with her dad and gave him a journal so he could write down his experiences; she …


A Day In The Life Of A Float Plane Charter Pilot, Bryan Cox Sep 2010

A Day In The Life Of A Float Plane Charter Pilot, Bryan Cox

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

Ever taken a float plane trip or wanted to? Learn what it’s like to be a float plane pilot doing charter work in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. Hear this light-heated, informal, presentation by someone who has done all this for “fun and profit”!