Oral history interview with Charlie Slaugh by Diedra Northern [Transcript]

Oral history interview by Diedra Northern with Charlie Slaugh. Topics include: His father's move to Vernal and building a rock house; Growing up without Life running water, electricity, telephones, or cars; Use of horse & wagons and kerosene lights; Gardening; Fruit trees; Raising hogs and beef; Hunting; Lack of money; Trading grain for clothes and needed supplies; Work with freight wagons; Marriage; Building his own home; Raising seven boys; His son, Dean, winning two gold medals in archery at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics after being injured in the Korean War; Hauling dinosaur casts from Vernal to Salt Lake and back again; Various injuries sustained from hauling freight; Working odd jobs as a teenager; Running cattle; Chasing and catching wild horses; Adventures with his brother; Saving a cow from the mud; An old neighbor that lived in a dugout; The Great Depression; WPA work on a reservoir and a duck pond; Poor health; Hunting with family; Having multiple sons in the construction business; Various family homes; Attending dances in a school house and a dance hall; Constructing a new church building; Working for Bishop Simper baling hay; Riding in a runaway wagon; and how to cook morning doves and rabbits.