Alfred Hanson Interview
Document Type
Book
Contributor
Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement
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Description
Alfred Hanson speaks about his childhood in the Swauk area of Washington state, and particularly about interactions between white settlers and Native Americans. He describes homesteading, gardening, and food preservation, as well as recreation (skating, baseball, dances), hunting, Prohibition, and transportation. He talks about his work as a Washington state representative, about the World War I draft, fire in Cle Elum, and bank robbery in Roslyn.
Hanson lived for a time with a Native American man nicknamed Indian Pete. The cover image shows Indian Pete on horseback at Cle Elum, Washington, circa 1910. He lived on Lower Peoh Point Road on the old Miller Place next to the Milwaukee Road Railroad tracks. See the Ted Rooks Interview for more information.
Publication Date
1973
Recommended Citation
Hanson, Alfred, "Alfred Hanson Interview" (1973). Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald Oral History Interviews. 41.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_history/41
Subject
Oral history, Swauk Creek (Wash.), Indians, North American--Washington
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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