We began to see ourselves as the gatherers of stories that would otherwise be forgotten, and this became an ongoing labor of love continued by students each subsequent year. The old-timers remembered things they hadn't thought about in years - important things like rainy Christmas mornings, the best spots for catching steelhead, and what it was like riding along the muddy roads to school in a horse drawn sulky cart. We discovered that something different happens when people talk to kids. Our idea was to talk to the elders of the community, particularly the ranchers and long-time residents who seemed to have a special connection to the land. The interviews in this section are part of an oral history project I began with my middle school students in 1996.
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