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 |