People & Peoples

Audio and transcript of Gerry Spence interview conducted by Mark Junge.

Audio and transcript of interview with former Governor Ed Herschler conducted by John Hinckley in 1977.

Transcript and audio of Clifford Hansen Interview conducted by John Hinckley.

Harold Van Buskirk, born in 1897, worked in a grocery store in his youth in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin.

Golden Allred, born in 1910, trapped beaver, bobcat and other animals for 22 years in and around Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin.

Frank "Pinky" Ellis of Casper, Wyo., born in 1929, was interviewed April 21, 2011 by Casper College student Emily Pearson at the Casper College Western History Center. In this interview, Mr. Ellis discusses growing up in Casper, his father’s journey from Ireland to Casper, life during the Depression, his father’s sheep operation, his own positions on the Casper City Council and Natrona County Public Library Board, life at Casper College and the University of Wyoming in the late 1940s, early childhood memories, family life and life’s lessons.

Frances Hecht, born in 1904, recalls her work curing meat, keeping milk cool without a refrigerator or icebox, hauling river water to wash clothes in a Maytag powered by a car motor and lighting a flame to heat the iron.

Felix Mercado, born in 1940, worked with his family in the sugar beet fields around Worland, Wyo. in his youth.

Edith Thaxton, born in 1898, much later in life recalled the dances of her youth.

Adam Schneider, born in 1917, was a featherweight boxer in his youth in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin.