Title
Edward (Ed) Wakkuri Interview
Document Type
Book
Contributor
Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement
Files
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Description
Edward (Ed) Wakkuri discusses his early life as a member of a Finnish-American family, touching on holidays, food, recipes, sauna culture, clothing, songs, language, schooling, and lodges. Wakkuri worked as a coal miner, primarily in the Northwestern Improvement Company (NWI) No. 9 Mine, and he offers extensive discussion on mining methods and terms. He describes the use of equipment such as the Joy Coal Excavating Machine, as well as personnel roles and procedures in the mines. Wakkuri also speaks about early settlement at Peoh Point and provides a history of the locale.
The cover image shows the Joy Continuous Miner machine. Cotton Pasquan appears on the left and Albin Kosmatin on the right.
Publication Date
1981
Recommended Citation
Wakkuri, Edward (Ed), "Edward (Ed) Wakkuri Interview" (1981). Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald Oral History Interviews. 112.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_history/112
Approximate Date
circa 1981
Subject
Oral history, Coal mining, Roslyn (Wash.), Immigrants--United States--History, Northwestern Improvement Company
Rights
Educational use only; no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Language
English