| Title |
Oral history interview with Jay Alexander and Lois Baum by Kathi Irving [Transcript] |
| Creator |
Alexander, Jay; Baum; Lois; Irving, Kathi |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2002-09-16 |
| 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 |
Arkansas; Automobile dealerships; Cafés; Cobblestone buildings; Dairies; Death; Farms; Grandfathers; High school; Missing persons; Personal narratives; Ranches; Service stations; Uncles; Uintah County (Utah); Vernal (Utah) |
| Description |
Oral history interview by Kathi Irving with Jay Alexander and Lois Baum. Topics include: Growing up in Vernal, Utah; Their grandfather's service station in Vernal; Ownership history of the building; Physical characteristics of the building such as being covered in cobble rock; Nearby businesses and Cafés; Their grandfather, T.G. Alexander's work as a farmer and rancher as well as his various business ventures like a car dealership, a service station, and a dairy; Jay working at the service station one summer during high school. Their grandfather's disappearance; An Uncle who was burned to death; and Jay finding their grandfather in Arkansas and traveling with him back to Vernal. |
| 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 |
6 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/s6ha4t2v |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2535898 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ha4t2v |
