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Glen A. Smith reflects on his childhood in Hume, Missouri, where he was born in 1879 and where he worked on the family farm until the age of 14 when he was sent to the home of an uncle in Fredericksburg, Illinois, after his mother became ill. He recalls his attempt to enlist in the Spanish-American War, which was thwarted by his father who informed a police officer that Smith was still a minor. Smith talks about following his brother to Blackwell, Oklahoma, where he checked fences and managed cattle. He relives short vignettes of life in the late 1880s and 90s which include purchasing his first pony as a child, relic hunting with his brother, hunting and gathering in the woods of Missouri, turning his first small profits as a farm boy, and as a young man, experiencing the Oklahoma frontier during the last throes of the Homestead Act.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Missouri; Illinois; Oklahoma; Homestead Act; Farming; Hunting; American Indians; Lumber; Spanish-American War; Smith, Glen A. – Interviews; Smith, Glen A. -- Childhood and youth; United States. Forest Service -- Officials and employees – Biography; Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Personal narratives; Rural teenagers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Indian Territory -- 19th century -- Personal narratives
Original Date
1950
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Glen A. Smith Reminiscences Oral History Project, OH 006, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 006-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 reel-to-reel (03:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
02:07:08 minutes
Local Filename
OH_006_001.mp3; OH_006_001.pdf
Citation
Smith, Glen A., "Glen A. Smith Reminiscence 1, circa 1950s" (1950). Glen A. Smith Reminiscences Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/glensmith_reminiscences/1