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Recollections of an old Oregon railroad telegrapher and union lawyer, Part 2 of 2 (WPA oral-history interview)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast
English - March 25, 2024 14:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel oregon pacific northwest ouragan columbia willamette history weird shipwreck pirate Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On Nov. 28, 1938, Federal Writers Project worker Andrew Sherbert sat down with a stocky, animated 77-year-old attorney named George Estes to talk about Mr. Estes' recollections of working in the 1800s, first as a telegraph operator and later as an attorney for the Telegrapher's Union at Southern Pacific. (For text and pictures, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001955/)