Interview with Bill Crawford

Interview with Bill Crawford

Animal feeding

Crawford, Bill

Floods

Jackson County (N.C.) -- Economic conditions

Logging railroads

Lumber trade

Bill Crawford is a lifelong resident of Jackson County and a historian at the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Born in 1935, Crawford reflects on the Flood of 1940 and the devastation caused by it and its related waterspouts. He discusses the operations of Blackwood Lumber Company including techniques, equipment, and specific jobs such as saw sharpening and trestle building, and the effects on the local economy. He also discusses the railroad and other systems used to transport lumber. Crawford recalls how families marked their livestock and let them roam as a way to save money on feed. He remembers how people got by with little to no money, living off the land, and trading at the store.

Crawford, Bill

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

2022-03-22

Gardo, Kari

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sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

eng

Sound

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63730

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/63730

Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

1:58:24(duration)

42(pages)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina