Elmer FLODIN (b. 1899)
Residence: Dry Ridge; Troy
Occupation(s): Farmer; logger
Family Origin: Parents were Swedish homesteaders (early 1880's)
Interviews
Elmer Flodin Interview #1, 6/25/1974
- Topics:
- Survival of frontier homesteaders. Support of IWW despite opponents Local strong men. 6-25-74 1 hr p
- Duration:
- 1:02:37
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- families immigrants railroads homesteads farming Native Americans timber winter sawmills childhood children fishing hunting schools horses dances IWW logging camps unions working conditions fires logging camps lore moonshine Prohibition
- Locations:
- Dry Ridge Moscow Troy Big Bear Ridge Helmer Genesee Bovill
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Elmer Flodin Interview #2, 1/10/1975
- Topics:
- Destruction of land by fertilizer and logging. Olson family threshing; Wells family. Dry Ridge cemetery. 1-10-75 1 hr
- Duration:
- 1:02:29
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans Native Americans cemeteries death farming logging politics threshing timber
- Locations:
- Potlatch Dry Ridge
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Elmer FLODIN (b. 1899)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/flodin_elmer.html
Rights
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