Oral History Project
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Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Gene Etchart Interview
Collection
Identifier: OH-2028
Abstract
In this interview Gene Etchart is asked to discuss his family's sheep operations in Nevada and Montana; growing up on the family ranch near Glasgow; factors that pushed many cattlemen to sheep ranching; effect of homesteading on cattle ranching; impact of New Deal policies on sheep industry; the impact of drought of the 1930s on grazing; grazing legislation on the federal and state levels; and his interest and experiences in aviation. [Tape has substancial technical problems]. (OH 2028).
Dates:
1976
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- Garnet (Mont.) -- History. 5
- Butte (Mont.) -- Biography. 2
- Garnet (Mont.) -- Social life and customs. 2
- Rocky Mountains. 2
- Air pilots -- Montana. 1
- Airplanes -- Fuel. 1
- Austrian Americans -- Montana. 1
- Carbon County (Mont.) 1
- Catholic schools -- Montana -- Helena. 1
- Circus. 1
- Coal mines and mining -- Montana -- Cascade County. 1
- Dilworth Ranch (Mont.) 1
- Droughts -- Montana. 1
- Farmers -- Montana -- Wheatland County. 1
- Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.) 1
- Garnet (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- Geologists -- Montana. 1
- Geologists. 1
- Harlowton (Mont.) -- Description and travel. 1
- Helena (Mont.) -- Biography 1
- Historic preservation -- Montana. 1
- Judges -- Montana. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Aerial operations. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953. 1
- Lawyers -- Montana. 1
- Lewis and Clark County (Mont.) -- Politics and government. 1
- Prisoners of war. 1
- Private planes -- Montana. 1
- Public schools -- Montana -- Helena. 1
- Railroads -- Tourist. 1
- Ranchers -- Montana -- Meagher County. 1
- Red Lodge (Mont.) 1
- Sand Coulee (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- Sheep ranches -- Montana -- Valley County. 1
- Sheep ranches -- Nevada. 1
- Sheridan (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- Stockett (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- Swedish Americans -- Montana -- Garnet. 1
- Teachers -- Montana -- Helena. 1
- Teachers -- Montana -- Sheridan. 1
- Thoeny (Mont.) 1
- Valley County (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- Virginia City (Mont.) 1
- Virginia City (Mont.) -- History. 1
- Wheatland County (Mont.) -- Biography. 1
- White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations. 1
- World War, 1939-1945. 1