Oral history interview with Vera Showalter Gee and Gus Gee by Liz Sowards. [Transcript]

Oral history interview by Liz Sowards with Vera Showalter. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents, siblings, and growing up in Vernal, Utah. Her father's decision to enter the sheep industry; Establishing a sheep and cattle ranch on Brush Creek and establishing a home in Vernal; Building, owning and operating the Orpheus Theater for thirteen years; Selling the theater to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints; Selling the ranch in Brush Creek and purchasing a ranch in Colorado; Purchasing a Ford garage shop; Vera meeting her future husband at BYU; Living in Provo and moving to Vernal so they could both to teach school; Raising their children; Children's education; Children's spouses and families; Buying and selling homes; Moving to Salt Lake; Gus' move from teaching to the Oil industry; Changes in Vernal over the years since their retirement and move to Salt Lake; Changes in the oil industry and the economic consequences