Interviewer
Samantha Epstein
Files
Description
Dixie Meyer discusses when her family moved to Salmon Prairie, Montana, in the late 1930s. She talks about the family property and about going to elementary school in Salmon Prairie and high school in Missoula, Montana. She recalls how her father made a modest living as a trapper. Meyer talks about her childhood chores, which included milking cows and tending to horses and chickens. She notes that the area was not great for growing anything other than root crops when she was a child. Meyer describes the challenging winters on Salmon Prairie as well as the major changes the area has undergone, including the building of the highway system and the introduction of electricity. She discusses how her husband Neil Meyer logged the property to provide an income. She also mentions the wildlife that live in the area.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Homesteading, Montana; Farming, Montana; Logging, Montana; Salmon Prairie, Montana; Swan Valley, Montana
Original Date
10-22-2001
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, 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 422-061
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (22 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:02:30 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_061.mp3; OH_422_061.pdf
Citation
Meyer, Dixie, "Dixie Meyer Interview, October 22, 2001" (2001). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 54.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/54