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Eileen Exleton Hollinger 3/19/90 Tape 1 Womens Oral History Project, wsu Interviewed by Laura Woodworth SIDE I 1-18 18-40 40-45 45-59 60-79 79-91 91-110 110-152 152-65 165-186 Background: Oklahoma, grandparents, parents, how her mother was independent and traveled with her girls. The work she did for A. c. DeMary, her develo'ping interest in Minidoka County history, how she started back to work after her children went to school. Her husband, Harvey, and explanation of their interest in traveling. Explanation of the "wannagons," little houseboats used for timber drives on the Clearwater River. Harvey's work for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration; how she met Harvey at the University of Idaho; how she got married instead of finishing school and broke her mother's heart. Story of travels to Bear Lake and how it was oldest settlement in Idaho, settled by the Mormon Church. story of trip to Fort Hall and the tall grass around the ruins from the manure of the horses which stopped with the wagons on their way West. Plight of women across southern Idaho desert, their unwillingness to make the trip, list of supplies for family of four traveling by covered wagon. Story of she and Harvey finding discarded furniture, which had been thrown out of wagons going West, north of Rupert. Story of the wagon train tracks still visible at Kamimah Butte in 1959. Five wagon trails went through Cassia county and the City of Rocks. Women usually slept under wagons and took chances with the Indians. Story of rock at City of Rocks where the names of pioneers are written in axle grease. 188-195 198-242 243-275 275-318 319-339 339-396 396-422 428-453 454-470 473-480 Travels through Yellowstone-Island Park area. Visit to army fort which preceded Fort Hall. She and Harvey had to move to Pocatello for nine months during WWII and had to live in very small house in poor condition and worked hard to improve the house and then had to move again. Farmhouse in Rupert, which belonged originally to Russian settlers who tried, unsuccessfully, to dry farm in desert, that they also rebuilt. Only time that she ever lived without an indoor bathroom. Background of Ruby and Don Ranberg. How Ruby grew up youngest of 13 in Bone, Idaho, during hard winters and became a "crack-shot," competitive with any man. Eileen and Harvey took many trips with Don and Ruby. Story of fishing trip with Ruby and Don that never happened; how she and Harvey ended up catching more Salmon even though they were lost and couldn't find Don and Ruby. Trail Creek and Copper Basin experiences. story of the war-time pick-up "Pledger," made up of Plymouth, Dodge, and Chrysler parts. story about Roosevelt mining town and getting stuck for two days in a dry stream bed in the "Pledger." Northfork and Littlefork Salmon River travels; story of little house in valley and mailbox with two cigarettes in flag; various functions mailmen served for frontier homes. Traveling to Roosevelt, which was submerged under a lake when the mines hit water, they saw the piles of wood meant for use in the Roosevelt mines; it was eerie to see them still sitting there in the midst of a second forest. The seesish River was prettier than the Clearwater and its a shame that few people can see it now as it is in the River of No Return wilderness area. coming from Oklahoma, Eileen appreciated the clear mountain rivers as the rivers in Oklahoma were red from the soil. - 2 - 481-489 519-558 564-581 581-693 Visits to Warren and Bergdorf mining towns. Story of the historic Shaw pioneer family, the family of Harvey's aunt; how they settled in the Round Valley and built their homes out of logs, without nails. She and Harvey met at the University of Idaho and he worked for the Agriculture Extension Service; she graduated from High School in 1932 and attended business college before entering the University of Idaho; she worked for the county agent leader--started school at 8:00 a.m. and work at 1:00 p.m. every day. She and Harvey wanted to retire at Lake Ponderai, but real estate was too high by the time she and Harvey retired at age 62. How Harvey's uncle was an engineer at the sunshine Mine; she and Harvey toured Wallace and Osbourne mining towns. END OF SIDE ONE SIDE TWO 1-23 24-35 35-47 48-60 61-77 77-85 1/2 85 1/2-125 Eileen and sorority and fraternity friends took the old steamer across Lake couer d'Alene to see the Cataldo Mission, oldest building in Idaho, which was built by Father DeSmet and the Indians of Couer d'Alene. St. Joe River, only river in the world which flows through a lake. Eileen's roommate in business school was from St. Maries; St. Maries was settled by French people, and Eileen's roommate spoke nothing but French at horne. While Eileen was in college, she could still see the devastation inflicted upon the town of Athole by the forest fire of 1910. story of Idaho state Historical tours in Bruneau country; the C.J. Strike fishing area. Trip into the Bruneau canyon. Trip to the Valley of the Long Grass, which was settled by Mormon missionaries; the valley was plagued by conflict between the Mormons - 3 - 125 1/2-146 146 1/2-155 159-180 180-206 207-221 221-243 243-248 248-283 1/2 283 1/2-303 303 1/2-318 318 1/2-326 and the Indians of the area and settlers were often forced to hide in rooms hollowed in a clay bluff until the Indian wars were overi foods could not be preserved and hiding in the bluffs was most difficult for women. Settlers in Southern Idaho were able to grind flour despite the lack of accessible fallsi the Paul Mill solved the problem of grinding grain for local grain growers. Harvey's mother drove a "school wagon" covered with canvas and took rural children to Pioneer School. Story of Balanced Rock and how Eileen's little sister, Bernice, had to carry a rock to ward off the rattle snakes. The Idaho State Historical Society trip to Devil's Bathtub and how the historical society disturbed bathing sheepherders; the Bathtub was a popular bathing area for ranchers and herders. The tribulations of women in southern Idaho: lack of fresh water, had to live in the same clothes and couldn't wash hair. Eileen's Grandmother Exleton, even after moving to town, still put a rain barrel outside at the end of the spout and washed her hair weekly in the rain water with vinegar and homemade soap. Pioneers had to make soap en route to the West; they washed their dishes with lye and sand. story of Adell strahorn, who traveled through southern Idaho by coach with her husband, who worked for Union Pacific. Adell spent all night in a sod house with rough men because it was the only place for her to stay; she had to eat whatever was in the "pot." Town of Shoshone before the railroad--it had a traditional boardwalk and women were not allowed in the saloons or on the streets at night. Explanation of why chairs were precious in the - 4 - 326-399 END OF SIDE TWO West. Eileen was a "city girl" and had to learn to go hunting and fishing with Harvey; they always fixed potatoes and onions over the open fire; one night she heard noises and thought there was a bear in the potatoe peelings; they slept in an open cot; the "bear" turned out to be a porcupine.
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Title | Hollinger, Eileen Exleton Oral History Interview, 1990 |
Interviewer | Woodworth , Laura |
Date | 1990-03-19 |
Description | 75 minute oral history with Eileen Exleton Hollinger, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398) course at Washington State University. She discusses her childhood on a Oklahoma reservation, her family laundry store, and her education. Worked as an auditor's assistant though most of her adult life, which led to her interest in history and helped her develop the Minidoka County Historical Society and Museum. During World War II she experienced many moves with her growing family due to her husband being transferred around a lot; this resulted in family traveling to historical sites in Idaho. |
Subject | Working mothers; Rural women; Travel |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--McClain County--Purcell; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Twin Falls County--Twin Falls ; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Latah County--Moscow |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua220b05f28 |
Source | Is found in Archives 220, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua220.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
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Title | ua220b05f28_Abstract |
Full Text | Eileen Exleton Hollinger 3/19/90 Tape 1 Womens Oral History Project, wsu Interviewed by Laura Woodworth SIDE I 1-18 18-40 40-45 45-59 60-79 79-91 91-110 110-152 152-65 165-186 Background: Oklahoma, grandparents, parents, how her mother was independent and traveled with her girls. The work she did for A. c. DeMary, her develo'ping interest in Minidoka County history, how she started back to work after her children went to school. Her husband, Harvey, and explanation of their interest in traveling. Explanation of the "wannagons," little houseboats used for timber drives on the Clearwater River. Harvey's work for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration; how she met Harvey at the University of Idaho; how she got married instead of finishing school and broke her mother's heart. Story of travels to Bear Lake and how it was oldest settlement in Idaho, settled by the Mormon Church. story of trip to Fort Hall and the tall grass around the ruins from the manure of the horses which stopped with the wagons on their way West. Plight of women across southern Idaho desert, their unwillingness to make the trip, list of supplies for family of four traveling by covered wagon. Story of she and Harvey finding discarded furniture, which had been thrown out of wagons going West, north of Rupert. Story of the wagon train tracks still visible at Kamimah Butte in 1959. Five wagon trails went through Cassia county and the City of Rocks. Women usually slept under wagons and took chances with the Indians. Story of rock at City of Rocks where the names of pioneers are written in axle grease. 188-195 198-242 243-275 275-318 319-339 339-396 396-422 428-453 454-470 473-480 Travels through Yellowstone-Island Park area. Visit to army fort which preceded Fort Hall. She and Harvey had to move to Pocatello for nine months during WWII and had to live in very small house in poor condition and worked hard to improve the house and then had to move again. Farmhouse in Rupert, which belonged originally to Russian settlers who tried, unsuccessfully, to dry farm in desert, that they also rebuilt. Only time that she ever lived without an indoor bathroom. Background of Ruby and Don Ranberg. How Ruby grew up youngest of 13 in Bone, Idaho, during hard winters and became a "crack-shot," competitive with any man. Eileen and Harvey took many trips with Don and Ruby. Story of fishing trip with Ruby and Don that never happened; how she and Harvey ended up catching more Salmon even though they were lost and couldn't find Don and Ruby. Trail Creek and Copper Basin experiences. story of the war-time pick-up "Pledger," made up of Plymouth, Dodge, and Chrysler parts. story about Roosevelt mining town and getting stuck for two days in a dry stream bed in the "Pledger." Northfork and Littlefork Salmon River travels; story of little house in valley and mailbox with two cigarettes in flag; various functions mailmen served for frontier homes. Traveling to Roosevelt, which was submerged under a lake when the mines hit water, they saw the piles of wood meant for use in the Roosevelt mines; it was eerie to see them still sitting there in the midst of a second forest. The seesish River was prettier than the Clearwater and its a shame that few people can see it now as it is in the River of No Return wilderness area. coming from Oklahoma, Eileen appreciated the clear mountain rivers as the rivers in Oklahoma were red from the soil. - 2 - 481-489 519-558 564-581 581-693 Visits to Warren and Bergdorf mining towns. Story of the historic Shaw pioneer family, the family of Harvey's aunt; how they settled in the Round Valley and built their homes out of logs, without nails. She and Harvey met at the University of Idaho and he worked for the Agriculture Extension Service; she graduated from High School in 1932 and attended business college before entering the University of Idaho; she worked for the county agent leader--started school at 8:00 a.m. and work at 1:00 p.m. every day. She and Harvey wanted to retire at Lake Ponderai, but real estate was too high by the time she and Harvey retired at age 62. How Harvey's uncle was an engineer at the sunshine Mine; she and Harvey toured Wallace and Osbourne mining towns. END OF SIDE ONE SIDE TWO 1-23 24-35 35-47 48-60 61-77 77-85 1/2 85 1/2-125 Eileen and sorority and fraternity friends took the old steamer across Lake couer d'Alene to see the Cataldo Mission, oldest building in Idaho, which was built by Father DeSmet and the Indians of Couer d'Alene. St. Joe River, only river in the world which flows through a lake. Eileen's roommate in business school was from St. Maries; St. Maries was settled by French people, and Eileen's roommate spoke nothing but French at horne. While Eileen was in college, she could still see the devastation inflicted upon the town of Athole by the forest fire of 1910. story of Idaho state Historical tours in Bruneau country; the C.J. Strike fishing area. Trip into the Bruneau canyon. Trip to the Valley of the Long Grass, which was settled by Mormon missionaries; the valley was plagued by conflict between the Mormons - 3 - 125 1/2-146 146 1/2-155 159-180 180-206 207-221 221-243 243-248 248-283 1/2 283 1/2-303 303 1/2-318 318 1/2-326 and the Indians of the area and settlers were often forced to hide in rooms hollowed in a clay bluff until the Indian wars were overi foods could not be preserved and hiding in the bluffs was most difficult for women. Settlers in Southern Idaho were able to grind flour despite the lack of accessible fallsi the Paul Mill solved the problem of grinding grain for local grain growers. Harvey's mother drove a "school wagon" covered with canvas and took rural children to Pioneer School. Story of Balanced Rock and how Eileen's little sister, Bernice, had to carry a rock to ward off the rattle snakes. The Idaho State Historical Society trip to Devil's Bathtub and how the historical society disturbed bathing sheepherders; the Bathtub was a popular bathing area for ranchers and herders. The tribulations of women in southern Idaho: lack of fresh water, had to live in the same clothes and couldn't wash hair. Eileen's Grandmother Exleton, even after moving to town, still put a rain barrel outside at the end of the spout and washed her hair weekly in the rain water with vinegar and homemade soap. Pioneers had to make soap en route to the West; they washed their dishes with lye and sand. story of Adell strahorn, who traveled through southern Idaho by coach with her husband, who worked for Union Pacific. Adell spent all night in a sod house with rough men because it was the only place for her to stay; she had to eat whatever was in the "pot." Town of Shoshone before the railroad--it had a traditional boardwalk and women were not allowed in the saloons or on the streets at night. Explanation of why chairs were precious in the - 4 - 326-399 END OF SIDE TWO West. Eileen was a "city girl" and had to learn to go hunting and fishing with Harvey; they always fixed potatoes and onions over the open fire; one night she heard noises and thought there was a bear in the potatoe peelings; they slept in an open cot; the "bear" turned out to be a porcupine. |
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