Oral history interview with Essie Larsen White by Bette L. Stanton as well as Lloyd and Marian Pierson [missing pages 40-43]

Oral history interview by Bette L. Stanton, Lloyd Pierson, and Marian Pierson with Essie Larsen White. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents, siblings, spouse, children, and growing up in Moab, Utah; Early interests, especially horses; Riding horses bareback; Dating, boyfriends, and proposals; Staying at the ranch in Fisher Valley with in father in the summer months and at the house in Moab with her mother during school months; Playing practical jokes on her brother; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Herding cattle with her father and other cowboys; Working for the phone company and the use of switch boards and party lines; Her parents cattle brands and running their Hereford cattle together; How her brother got his nickname; Her father's story telling abilities; The use of alcohol; Her love of writing and poetry; Almost drowning in the Colorado River; Her three son's participation in raising calves; Joining the DUP and serving as president of the Grand County chapter; Horse racing, riding as a jockey; winning races; Her brother military service during WWI; Visiting New Jersey and New York; A time when her mother rented her land to a circus; The local Native people; Keep a small herd of sheep; How Andy's Mesa got its name; The Dewey Suspension bridge; Horse racing for fun; How Fisher Valley got its name; A horse that was killed when if fell off a ledge; Growing alfalfa for horse feed; A grasshopper infestation; Details about the ranch house; Milk cows, chickens and too many pigs; Animals falling in sinkholes in the pasture; Fourth of July celebrations, including horse races and dancing; Health care in Moab; How her father always carried a coat and a gun, but never used them; A time when a bear came through and attacked a herd of sheep, killing most of them; Beaver dams cutting off their irrigation water; Using a wash board at the ranch and shrinking her fathers wool underwear when she boiled it; Not being a good cook, but having a good garden and fruit trees; Groceries being delivered by mail; Girlfriends; How everything grew well in Fisher Valley; The last round-up and putting the cattle in train cars for transportation to Denver; How her father loved to brag about her and embarrass her; and staying in the best room of the best hotel in Denver.