Tauno Hill Interview

Tauno Hill Interview

Interviewees

Tauno Hill

Document Type

Book

Interviewer

Krueger, Frederick

Contributor

Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement

Files

Download Hill autobiography.pdf (579 KB)

Download Hill interview outline.pdf (491 KB)

Description

Tauno Hill talks about his Finnish roots and parents, Anton Hill and Valva Perkinen Hill. He talks about how the family migrated to Cle Elum, Washington, and his childhood, including chores, gardening, activities at the South Cle Elum Ball Park, holidays, dances, and music. He talks about working at the No. 9 Mine from 1936 to 1944. He describes tipple operations, rope riding, unloading, sorting coal, and more.

The cover image shows the mine tipple or mine entrance in Cle Elum, which was located near to many mining family homes.

Publication Date

5-6-2003

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

Tauno Hill Interview

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