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Marianne talks about her childhood, growing up in the Depression in various places around the country, and then spending most of her childhood on a ranch with her grandparents. She talks about going to college in Reno, teaching school in Carlin, and ranching with her husband and children in Halleck, Nevada. Interviewed by Randy Williams on January 27, 2010 at Marianne Glaser's home in Halleck, Nevada. Also included is Marianne's obituary from her passing on August 31, 2020.

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Mr. and Mrs. Howard share their experience over the last several decades ranching in north eastern Nevada. They discuss pioneering new ranching land, Mr. Howard’s innovative allotment rotation for range health, raising a family and other life experiences in ranching. Interviewed by Randy and Cliff Gardner, with Dan Davis and Bertha Gardner on September 22, 2009 in Elko, Nevada.

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Tom and Rosita Marvel discuss their lives as ranchers in northeastern Nevada, including information about their ancestry, W.T. Jenkins, sheepherding, Basque sheep men, the Martin Ranch, training horses and their children. Mary Branscomb and Randy Williams conducted the interview; Lew Ekland video recorded the interview. The video is not part of this collection.

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Mr. Maupin talks about his background working on ranches, including a career of being a ranch manager and a cow boss. He also talks about his post-ranching occupations of bronc saddle building and being a brand inspector. Mr. Maupin received the Nevada Cattleman’s Association 2001 100,000 Mile Club Award. Interviewed by Randy Williams on January 27, 2010 in Spring Creek, Nevada.

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Marge Prunty talks about growing up on a ranch, marrying a rancher, establishing their own ranch, and raising their family on a ranch. She also talks about the other methods of supplemental income, including: teaching school, renting rodeo stock, hunting guides and braiding rawhide. Interviewed by Randy Williams on January 28, 2010 in Elko, Nevada.

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Mr. Mike Meek talks a little bit about growing up as one of eight kids on a small ranch. He discusses how he made a career as a rancher, ranching for a corporate ranch. He explains his various roles throughout his career in corporate ranching. Interviewed by Randy Williams on January 10, 2012 at the Deseret Land and Livestock Office in Woodruff, Utah.

Scope and Contents Mr. Dan Peart talks about his ranching operation: sheep and cattle. He goes into detail on the annual cycle of sheep ranching, and his processes. He briefly discusses inheriting the ranch, and his concerns for passing it on. He also says a little about his brief side business of running a youth ranch. He also talks about the current situation with environmental groups petitioning for the removal of grazing from Duck Creek Allotment. Interviewed by Randy Williams on December 8, 2011 at the...

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Mrs. Ivy Peart talks about her childhood in ranching, marrying her high school sweetheart, and her experiences as a ranch wife. Interviewed by Randy Williams on December 8, 2011 at the Rich County Courthouse in Randolph, Utah.

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Mr. Wallace Schulthess discusses how his family came to be in the Woodruff area. He talks a lot about his father’s childhood and growing up as an orphan, and how he turned hard work into what their family now has. Interviewed by Bob Parson on December 8, 2011 at the Rich County Courthouse in Randolph, Utah.

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Mr. and Mrs. Wamsley discuss their ranching operation, raising their family on a ranch. Mrs. Wamsley talks about growing up on the ranch on which she still lives and has raised her own family. They speak about topics ranging from environmentalists, government agencies, the earlier days of ranching, and the future of ranching. Interviewed by Randy Williams on December 14, 2011 at the Wamsley home.