Life around Oswego Lake, and square dancing (WPA oral-history interview with C.T. Dickinson) Offbeat Oregon History podcast
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WPA writer Sara B. Wrenn's oral history interview with pioneer Oswego resident C.T. Dickinson, recalling how the land was when the lake was thick with fish and ducks and people were thin on the land. Dickinson also served as a square-dance caller, so if you're yearning for some traumatic memories of elementary-school P.E. class, you won't want to miss this one. (For the transcript, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001967/ )
WPA writer Sara B. Wrenn's oral history interview with pioneer Oswego resident C.T. Dickinson, recalling how the land was when the lake was thick with fish and ducks and people were thin on the land. Dickinson also served as a square-dance caller, so if you're yearning for some traumatic memories of elementary-school P.E. class, you won't want to miss this one. (For the transcript, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001967/ )
12 min