Oral history interview with Nicholas J. "Nick" Meagher Jr. by Mike Brown [Transcript]

Oral history interview by Mike Brown with Nick Meagher. Topics include: His father's immigration from Ireland as a teenager to live with an older brother; His father's education and early work history including opening a bank in Vernal and running it for sixty-five years; His father buying land and making a home in Vernal; His father getting involved with water rights; Construction of a new bank building; Bricks being sent via parcel post from Salt Lake City; The popularity of livestock in the Uintah Basin, especially sheep; Changes in the sheep industry; Grazing permits; The establishment of the oil industry; Emerald Oil Company; Bureau of Land Management; The Great Depression; Four fundamentals of economic theory: land, labor, capital, and management; Politics; U.S. Presidents: Hoover, Roosevelt, Taft. Eisenhower; Truman; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; WWII; Hill Air Force Base; His father's long life and career; Changes in technology; and a personal philosophy to look forward, rather than back.