Floyd & Nola Lawrence (b. 1898)
Residence: Jansville; Helmer
Occupation(s): Logger; operator of dance pavilion
Family Origin: Family came from Iowa and homesteaded on McGary Meadow (1893)
Interviews
Floyd & Nola Lawrence Interview #1, 1/21/1976
- Topics:
- Jansville store on the Lawrence homestead. Beginning of Helmer. Operating a popular dancehall. Timber homesteaders. Gyppo logging for Potlatch. Joe and Lou Wells. 1-21-76 2.4 hr
- Duration:
- 2:27:49
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African-Americans automobiles businesses dances gyppos holidays homesteads horses livestock logging camps lore murders music music saloons schools teachers women
- Locations:
- Troy Helmer Jansville McGary Butte
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Floyd & Nola Lawrence Interview #2, 1/27/1976
- Topics:
- With Carl Lancaster (brother-in-law) and Laura May Lancaster (sister-in-law) Neighborliness and poverty of homesteaders. Local inventors. Cattle on open range. Working when young. Malker Anderson. 1-27-76 2.2 hr P
- Duration:
- 2:13:53
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- accidents childbirth childhood children chores churches clothing dances drinking farming homesteads illness logging camps lumberjacks sewing suicide timber winter women
- Locations:
- Jansville Helmer McGary Butte Texas Ridge Deary Central Ridge Juliaetta
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Floyd & Nola Lawrence (b. 1898)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/lawrence_floydandnola.html
Rights
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