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W. E. Claypool interview with Kessler Cannon of KBND radio

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Fifteen minute oral history with W. E. Claypool, who first arrived in Central Oregon when he was two years old in 1878. His family settled near Sisters, where Claypool attended school in a one-room school house when school was offered for three months in the summer. Claypool discusses the big winter storms in 1883 and 1884 that left six feet of snow on the ground for months, the early development of Sisters, Redmond, Bend, and Prineville, and his job as a postal carrier running mail from Sisters to Sweet Home between 1896 and 1909. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on March 15, 1953. Photograph from Jean on FindAGrave.com.

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Series: 15 minute histories Publisher: Bend, Oregon : KBND, p1953 Edition: Unabridged

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  • File size: 8221 KB
  • Release date: September 7, 2016
  • Duration: 00:17:07

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  • File size: 8287 KB
  • Release date: September 7, 2016
  • Duration: 00:17:07
  • Number of parts: 1

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English

Fifteen minute oral history with W. E. Claypool, who first arrived in Central Oregon when he was two years old in 1878. His family settled near Sisters, where Claypool attended school in a one-room school house when school was offered for three months in the summer. Claypool discusses the big winter storms in 1883 and 1884 that left six feet of snow on the ground for months, the early development of Sisters, Redmond, Bend, and Prineville, and his job as a postal carrier running mail from Sisters to Sweet Home between 1896 and 1909. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on March 15, 1953. Photograph from Jean on FindAGrave.com.

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