Interview with Adolph Brachtenbach

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Item NumberPPLDoh-i-23cTime Coverage1914-1976Date Interview2/16/1976DescriptionInterview with Adolph Brachtenbach of Stratton, Colorado. Mr. Brachtenbach talks about his father's and mother's families homesteading in Dakota, then Nebraska, before moving to the eastern plains of Colorado, near Stratton, in 1919. He briefly discusses the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. He talks about the differences in farming and ranching practices between the 1930s and at the time of the interview in 1976, as well as issues around irrigation and watering required for farming on the arid plains. The remainder of the interview is spent discussing Mr. Brachtenbach's buffalo raising operation and his love of the American bison.NarratorBrachtenbach, Adolph, 1914-1987InterviewerGulliford, AndrewGeographic CoverageStratton (Colo.)Kit Carson County (Colo.)Great PlainsSubjectRanchingFarmingGreat Plains--HistoryGreat DepressionDust Bowl Era, 1931-1939Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)BisonBison farmingCollectionOral HistoriesColorado Centennial - Bicentennial Oral History ProjectLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel-to-reel audio tape

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Date Digital10/24/2008Formataudiomp3Duration0:55:23Resource Typesound

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