Interviewer
Trudy Irens
Files
Description
Betty Burton describes moving with her parents to Pocatello, Idaho, as a young woman and graduating from the Idaho Technical Institute during the 1920s. She talks about moving again to Nevada to teach after getting married in 1927. Burton recalls how she raised three children in a cabin in Idaho, in a desert ranch in Utah, and then in a large house with hired help in Big Hole, Montana where she and her husband settled and spent the rest of their lives. She describes teaching sporadically over her lifetime in one- or two-room schoolhouses which at times were only accessible by horse or horse-drawn sleigh. Burton concludes the interview by telling funny stories about the people who worked on the ranch, reminiscing about her grandchildren, and recalling the life she built with her husband.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Pocatello, Idaho; Dry ranching; Irwin, Idaho; Homesteading; Schoolteachers; Schoolteachers, women; Palisades Dam; Big Hole, Montana; Ranching; Gandy, Utah
Original Date
7-12-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Settlers, Homesteaders, Ranchers, and Farmers Oral History Collection 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 123-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (15 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:61:53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_123_001.mp3; OH_123_001.pdf
Citation
Burton, Betty, "Betty Burton Interview, July 12, 1984" (1984). Montana Settlers, Homesteaders, Ranchers and Farmers Oral History Collection. 19.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtsettlersandhomsteaders_oralhistory/19