George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of six interviews done by Joan Brooks and Jack Beard focused on the history of the Airline Road (Rt. 9 from Bangor to Calais, ME) and the Airline community ca. 1900.

Dates

Creation: 1976

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 6 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

1039 George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks, May 7, 1976, Holden, Maine. Knox talks about moving to Eddington, Maine, in 1902; raising their own meat; Frank Davis, a local market hunter; the route the old Airline road took; peddling in Bangor; trapping; poaching; Cal Graves; moose meat; going to dances; card games; what weddings were like; Halloween pranks; dowsing; weather lore; working in the woods; camp songs; men who made up songs in the area; working as a river driver; working for Great Northern; the other George Knox; and how he met his wife. Text: 24 pp. partial transcript (34 pp. total). Recording: T 1052 121 minutes.