Oral history interview with Bob Rich by Lapoint Elementary School sixth grader, Burke Huber [Transcript]

Permission Inquires or Update Item Information
Title Oral history interview with Bob Rich by Lapoint Elementary School sixth grader, Burke Huber [Transcript]
Creator Rich, Bob; Huber, Burke
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 1987-04-03
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-05-02
Spatial Coverage City of Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7174628/city-of-vernal.html
Subject Blue Mountain (Utah); Guns & ammo; Hunting; Matchlocks (Firearms); Muzzle-loading firearms; Personal narratives; Rifles; Shooting; Uintah County (Utah); Vernal (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Lapoint Elementary School sixth grader, Burke Huber, with Bob Rich. Topics include: Guns; A .22 Stevens Rolling being the first gun that Bob remembers; The addition of scopes and the shooting accuracy improvement in guns over the years; Changes in gun use from hunting and protection to sport like target shooting; The differences in Matchlock muzzle-loading rifle; A Flintlock muzzleloading rifle, and a percussion muzzleloader; The use of lever action in older guns; Hunting adventures; Hunting on Blue Mountain; thoughts on possible changes in gun laws and how guns are manufactured; and shooting a .50 caliber percussion rifle.
Collection Number and Name Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 3 leaves
Language eng
Rights
Source Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002
Scanning Technician Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6bq6dx4
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2535921
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bq6dx4
Back to Search Results