| Title |
Bernice Gibbs Anderson, Golden Spike Oral History Project, GS-4 and GS-5, August 9, 1974, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Anderson, Bernice Gibbs |
| Contributor |
Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943-; Notarianni, Philip F.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1974-08-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-06-17 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Promontory (historical), Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780007/ |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Anderson, Bernice Gibbs--Interviews; Golden Spike National Historic Site (Utah)--History |
| Description |
Two transcripts (30 pages and 29 pages) of interview by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni with Bernice Gibbs Anderson on August 9, 1974 for the Golden Spike Oral History Project. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Ms0095, Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974 |
| Abstract |
Anderson (b. 1900) recalls growing up west of Corinne, Utah. Her family took their cattle to the Promontory area every summer. She describes the area and talks about the people who lived in the area. Other topics include conflict between the Irish and Chinese, Crockers ranch, Captain Bufford, Leland Stanford letting stock loose in the area, Holly ranch, passenger trains, the telegraph line, freighting, a robbery in Corinne, the prohibition of liquor, and World War I. Interviewed by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni. 30 pages. Anderson continues with a description of Chinese labor in the area, bandits, brakemen, freight cars, the Golden Spike, Wilson Wright, the federal government, National Parks, veterans organizations, and Heber Sessions. Interviewed by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni. 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Inventory of the Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974; http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv31866 |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Acrobat Pro X as PDF |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b01000 |
| Topic |
Utah--Golden Spike National Historic Site |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866615 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01000 |
| Title |
Page 37 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866586 |
| OCR Text |
Show The following is an interview conducted with Bernice Gibbs Anderson by Phil Notarianni and Greg Thompson on August 15, 1974 at Corinne, Utah. P: l1rs. Anderson, could you go back and tell us a little bit more about the Chinese involvement in the Promontory area? A: Well, they didn't have any Chinese here. They were in San Franscisco, some of them, but not many. And I think it was Stanford suggested they bring some in, import them from China. When these other fellas. all went into the mines they'd put them on the train, give them a pass to the end of the track and they'd go to end of track and go on to the mines. So they didn't work for the railroads' a lot of them because the gold craze was on. P: The gold craze, um hum. A: So he suggested · bringing the Chinese in. Th.ey tried out a few in California and they seemed to do alright. Somebody objected to it, of course, at first, and he said, "Well, they were the best masons in the world! Didn't they build the Great Wall. of China?" So they brought them in by the shipload and I think from 12 to 15 thousand Chinese labored on that Central Pacific through the Sierras. They were ill-clad, ill-fed and their stamina wasn't much: th.ey couldn't take very much in this cold weather. And they died like fleas, I was going to aay, but a lot of them lost their lives. And of course they were just buried. Snowslides- carried them away and in one instance they found the Chinese standing up under the snow with their, still holding their shovels. And the snows.lides had swept them away up on the cliffs. P: This was in the Sierras. A: This was the Central Pacific people that brought them in, and they came all the ·way to Utah working on the railroads. And they have left some evidence of . that in Chinese cen1eteries, of course, out there. And they had, they had, they'd burrow down in the ground and they'd sort of cellars in someplaces to live in. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01000/866586 |
