Interviewer
Merri Ann Hartse
Files
Description
Grace Woods recalls the living on a ranch in Silver Star, Montana, when rural electrification was implemented. She talks about the difficulty of getting electricity because of the location of her family’s ranch. Woods states that one the most important benefits of rural electrification, for her family’s ranch and other ranches in the area, was the ability to irrigate. She also notes the convenience of having hot water in the house and an electric stove.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Farm life, Montana; Rural electrification, Montana; Women, Montana; Modern conveniences; Electricity; Ranchers, Montana; Silver Star, Montana; Waterloo, Montana; Montana Power Company; Irrigation
Original Date
11-1979
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Rural Electric Cooperative Oral History Project, OH 050, 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 050-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (2 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:05:24 minutes
Local Filename
OH_050_001.mp3; OH_050_001.pdf
Citation
Woods, Grace, "Grace Woods Interview, circa November 1979" (1979). Rural Electrification Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralelectrification_oralhistory/1