Oral history interview with Allen Frandsen by Diana Spencer [Transcript]

Oral history interview by Diana Spencer with Allen Frandsen. Topics include: His grandfather's purchase of land in Clarion, Utah and the building of the Piute canal for irrigation of the land; The establisment of the Jewish Argricultural Association in Clarion and their trouble with irrigating; Farming not being profitable for the Association; Many of the Jewish families moving away from Clarion; Association land being purchased by private landowners; The creation of a L.D.S. branch in Clarion and his father's service as the Branch President and later Ward Bishop; His father's work for the Union Pacific Road and use of a steam engine thrasher for harvesting grain; April Fool's jokes; Family and church social activities; The use of former Jewish Agricultural Association buildings after their departure by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; When Japanese American families moved to the area and produce they grew: cabbage, caulifliwer, and celery; Attending a two-room schoolhouse in Clarion with the Japanese children; Being self sufficient; The use of cellars for storing food; Canning food for preservation; Easting mush with sugar and cream for breakfast; Having bread with milk and jam for an evening meal; Cutting ice from the reservoir to fill an ice house; Keeping chickens; rabbits; and pigs for food; Selling the cream from the cow's milk; The creation of the Utah Poultry Association by Benjamin Brown; The death of two of the Jewish people in Clarion and their burial in Clarion; Preservation of the Jewish graves on Allen's land by the Centerfield Legion; His mother making soap from lard and lye; Locations of some of the houses that were removed from Clarion; Raising alfalfa; Stacking the hay; Buying his first riffle and deer hunting; The opening of Grand Central store in Salt Lake City by one of the Jewish immigrants; Being approached by family members of Maurice Warshaw about purchasing his former home in the Clarion; and being gifted a pair of field glasses by the son of a former Jewish Colonist for his help