| Title |
Pearl Baker, Green River, Utah: Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Alternative Title |
Pearl Baker, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Baker, Pearl, 1907-1992 |
| Contributor |
McFarlane, John |
| Date |
1971-07-09 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Ferron, Emery County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Baker, Pearl, 1907-1992--Interviews |
| Description |
Transcript (53 pages) of an interview by John McFarlane with Pearl Baker, on July 9, 1971. From tape number UR-155 in the Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
John McFarlane interviewed Pearl Baker in Green River, Utah. Subjects: horses, springs, the Chaplin family, damage caused by Lake Powell, teaching school in White Canyon, the mill and trading post, parties and diversions, school children, housing, Hanksville, White Canyon characters, Craig Carpenter, drifters, the Pick Mine (53 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
53 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| 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/s69s3z2v |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057164 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69s3z2v |
| Title |
Page 50 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057159 |
| OCR Text |
Show PEARL BAKER #1 Indians' mysticism to a degree that no white man I ever knew had been. While I was aware of their beliefs and aware that they are very deeply religious people and attuned to nature I had no way of getting any of this information. I was getting it from Craig, so when we got up to Fry Canyon I said, "I' 11 take you on out to Monticello because I still want to talk to you" and he said okay. So we went on out to Monticello, and by that time it was getting late in the afternoon. He filled the car with gas and he said, "I wish I had a ride." He said, "Because I look different it's hard for me to get a ride." He was going over to---?--- commune over at Montrose, and I said, "Well, Craig, if you'll drive, I've driven as far as I can." I had a new car. "It will just deteriorate me just as much as it will me on the road," and I said, "If you' 11 drive I' 11 take you over there," and he said fine. So he got behind that wheel and I never saw a car go over roads so carefully and so fast. He was one of the most superb drivers I ever rode with. I was just amazed at his skill. I went over and spent a week at the commune, which is another story, but Craig then went out to California and he now is involved in an Indian uprising sort of thing that seems to be sort of-- 49 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69s3z2v/1057159 |
