| Title |
Cora Lee Johnson, Springville, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 6, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 433 and 434 |
| Alternative Title |
Cora Lee Johnson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Johnson, Cora Lee, 1920- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-06 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Thistle, Utah County, Utah, United States; Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States |
| Subject |
Johnson, Cora Lee, 1920- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Coast Guard--History--World War, 1939-1945; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (54 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Cora Lee Johnson on March 6, 2002. This is from tapes number 433 and 434 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Cora Lee Johnson (b. 1920) talks about her family's history as Canadian pioneers and growing up in Thistle, Utah. She joined the U.S. Coast Guard and was assigned to the post office in Palm Beach, Florida. She was later transferred to San Diego. 54 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
54 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ck0cp9 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Coast Guard |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026519 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ck0cp9 |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026479 |
| OCR Text |
Show CORA LEE JOHNSON MARCH 6, 2002 Junction of Thistle to buy a home." But these first few years, my older brothers and sisters, they came off Billy's Mountain in the winter or summer and all and went to school. And Frank, by the way, was the only white child ever born on Billy's Mountain. BEC: Is that right? COR: Uh-huh. In 1917. So in the family Bible one day I was looking and he had taken "Thistle" and marked it out and put "Billy's Mountain" on it. But they stayed there and Daddy retired in 1946. I was in the service. I got out in 1945 and I came home. We had a big home in Thistle then, it was a big rock home. While I was here he said, "No, I'm getting too old." He said, "I'm getting too old to stay here and keep this up." They had a motel and some apartments and all that he had built. He said, "I want to go back." It was just fourteen miles back here to Springville. So I was out of the service and Frank was out, 'course Frank was married. So we came and he bought a place right here, it's no longer here. It was a frame home and it's over in Pleasant Grove now. BEC: COR: BEC: COR: BEC: COR: Oh, the house is? The house itself got moved? Uh-huh. But it was on this property? It was right on this property. So where did you go to elementary school? Went to the sixth grade in Thistle. They had a big school there. They had a big school. And it took in and encompassed the canyons there and they'd come in there. And at one time they went to the tenth grade and that's as far as they went. But my older brothers and sister, my father wasn't satisfied with them having a tenth grade education. So by that time he had brothers and all living here, so he farmed out Roy and 15 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ck0cp9/1026479 |
