Interview: Edmund A. Rosasco
Title: Edmund A. Rosasco : Tuolumne County Rancher [sound recording]: a tape recorded interview by Rochelle E. Goddard / Edmund A. Rosasco.
Interviewee: Rosasco, Edmund A.
Recording Location: Sonora, CA
Date Recorded: March 10, 1973
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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?185
Call Number: F868.T915.R77 1973
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Year Recorded: 1973
Physical Description: 1 online resource : 2 audio files (60 min., 33 sec.).
Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)
General Notes: Contents outline (typescript, photoprint) accompanies recording.
Contents: Early school days -- Don Pedro area and Tuolumne River terrain -- River "bars" -- Goldmining -- Diverting dam of 1890's -- Blacksmith in 1906 -- Eagle-Shawmut Mine on Woods Creek -- Cattle business -- Rustling -- Hog raising -- Range fires -- Wildlife: bears, rabbits, and rattlesnakes -- Gardens and orchards -- Chinese Camp -- Mining Methods -- Indians -- Rains and floods -- Don Pedro School District -- Fishing -- Roads -- Wild dogs -- Prices of food and goods -- First Don Pedro Dam -- Water supply -- Area population -- Lumber industry.
Local Notes: None
Held By: COLUMBIA
Subject Term: Ranching--Tuolumne County (Calif.).
Geographic Term: Chinese Camp (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
