John Ferro Interview

John Ferro Interview

Interviewees

John Ferro

Document Type

Book

Contributor

Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement

Files

Download Ferro interview outline.pdf (1.5 MB)

Download Ferro notes.pdf (1.8 MB)

Description

John Ferro (b. 1919, son of Peter Ferro and Mary Grecco) discusses his family's origins in Switzerland and his father's work in the Roslyn coal mines beginning in the 1920s. He talks about home remedies, cultural traditions, recipes, coal picking, cow herding, Grecco's Dairy, berry-picking, Ducktown, baseball, and changes in technology. He talks about his own work in the No. 5 Mine beginning circa 1935. He also worked in the No. 9 mine until it closed in 1963. He touches on underground geography, coal moles, pan lines, cribs, chutes, hoists, rope riders, tipple operations, working conditions, and mine closure in the 1940s-1950s. He mentions his marriage to Aggie in 1941.

The cover image comes from the Northern Kittitas County Tribune, December 5, 2002.

Publication Date

3-11-2014

Approximate Date

circa 1970s-2000s

Subject

Oral history, Immigrants--United States--History, Coal mining

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

John Ferro Interview

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