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Title details for A. B. Frenchie Estebenet interview with Kessler Cannon of KBND radio by Kessler Cannon - Available

A. B. Frenchie Estebenet interview with Kessler Cannon of KBND radio

by Kessler Cannon
A. B. Frenchie Estebenet
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Fifteen minute oral history with A. B. “Frenchie” Estebenet, who first arrived in Bend in 1904 via horseback from Ashwood. Estebenet opened a saloon in downtown Bend, which he operated until 1909 when he relocated to Shaniko. Estebenet discusses returning to Bend later, where he ran a variety of businesses including a shoe shine stand, a garage, a tire business, and an auto court. Estebenet also discusses his early travels in America, after immigrating in 1887. Estebenet worked at a slaughterhouse in New Orleans, at restaurants in Texas, Oregon, and Washington, on a whaling ship in California, and a logging camp in Washington. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on May 3, 1953. Photograph from the collection of the Deschutes County Historical Society.
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Series: 15 minute histories Publisher: Bend, Oregon : KBND, p1953 Edition: Unabridged

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  • Release date: August 9, 2016
  • Duration: 00:15:27

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  • Release date: August 9, 2016
  • Duration: 00:15:27
  • Number of parts: 1

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Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Nonfiction

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Fifteen minute oral history with A. B. “Frenchie” Estebenet, who first arrived in Bend in 1904 via horseback from Ashwood. Estebenet opened a saloon in downtown Bend, which he operated until 1909 when he relocated to Shaniko. Estebenet discusses returning to Bend later, where he ran a variety of businesses including a shoe shine stand, a garage, a tire business, and an auto court. Estebenet also discusses his early travels in America, after immigrating in 1887. Estebenet worked at a slaughterhouse in New Orleans, at restaurants in Texas, Oregon, and Washington, on a whaling ship in California, and a logging camp in Washington. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on May 3, 1953. Photograph from the collection of the Deschutes County Historical Society.
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Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Nonfiction
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