Oral history interview with Alfred Simper by Diedra Northern [Transcript]

Oral history interview by Diedra Northern with Alfred Simper. Topics include: Growing up in Salt Lake City; Moving to Vernal as a young man; Dirt roads, farms, and the stock raising; The lumber business in; Cutting timber on the Brush Creek and Taylor mountains; Hauling logs; Use of a sawmill and planers to finish lumber, including molding; Delivering lumber to people; Building his own home; The sawmill catching fire; Lack of a nearby fire department; Farming; Hay baling; Raising a family of seven children; Service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including being a Bishop for twenty seven years; Tithing paid in crops and food instead of cash in the early years; Life without running water, electricity, telephones, or cars; Running a freight wagon; Friendly neighbors; Having church meetings in a schoolhouse; and being interviewed by a television station.