ORAL HISTORIES

George's parents-their backgrounds and how they came to the US from Yugoslavia; his mother's days as a young miner's widow with four children and how Nye County helped her during Prohibition; she meets George's father; George's early years in Round Mountain and his high school years in Tonopah; experiences in athletics in Tonopah; memories of Round Mountain in the 1930s; stories of early-day cars and their drivers; memories of George's father's bar in Round Mountain. Moving to Tonopah as a high school student; Tonopah in 1942 and memories of the town and the air base; George's attitudes toward Round Mountain as a college student, and then perceiving it in 1993; reflections on mining and ranching vis-à-vis environmentalism and government; remembering the Bergs of Round Mountain and Smoky Valley; George's mother's return to Round Mountain; George's service in the Korean War; living in Reno after Korea; George's mother's last years; memories of Round Mountain residents.

The Vaughns' beginnings in Pahrump-building their first home with railroad ties; Roy's work with the service station they created; the café and motel they began; Hattie Ford's famous baking; the Vaughns move to Las Vegas; the work of running a motel. Roy and Mary sell the gas station, restaurant, and motel to the Mankins; the gas companies the Vaughns worked with; further details of their café; the Vaughns' years in Las Vegas and return to Pahrump; changes to Pahrump and Las Vegas between 1960 and the 1970s; thoughts on the future of Pahrump; mines and businesses in the surrounding area. Some memorable people from Pahrump through the years, such as Pop Buol; Mary's years as the secretary of the middle school.

Helen and Harry's parents, Stan and Hattie Ford, and early years in California; moving to Pahrump; memories of Pahrump in the 1940s; riding horses in the area-Helen uncovers a theft; roads in and out of Pahrump; childhood in Pahrump, helping with the family farm and dairy; the Pahrump school; the owners of the Manse Ranch. Memories of the Manse Ranch; the children in the valley in the 1940s; further memories of school days; marriage to Ben Ward and a move to San Diego, then a return to Pahrump; work as the cook for the Manse Ranch; playing for local dances. Learning to cook, and food in Pahrump; remembering radio programs; a picnic at Ash Meadows; memories of atomic testing; various jobs Helen held as a teenager; Ben Ward's work driving a truck and a move to Baker, California; life in Baker and Shoshone; Helen and Ben's daughters; a high school reunion for Shoshone students, and meeting Jack Manley; the desert heat; health care and home remedies...........

Pat's parents; her childhood in Arkansas, with a move to California during the Depression; marriage to Bill Mankins and their eventual move to Pahrump, where he worked at Mercury (on the Nevada Test Site); homesteading in Pahrump; buying a service station; Bill's time on the Test Site; the Mankins' home (moved from Boulder Dam); Pat's work as a teacher in Pahrump-some of her students and some of her experiences; people in Pahrump in the 1950s and 1906s, including Elmer Bowman; some of the Native American population of Pahrump; further recollections of teaching school.Pat working as a teacher and Bill working at the Test Site while running the store and service station, then choosing to devote full time to their business; operating an oil and gas distributorship; the restaurant and store at the service station; closing the restaurant; the first gas station in Pahrump; remembering Doby Doc; travel between Mercury and Pahrump early on; remarks on the nuclear waste sites at Beatty and Yucca Mountain...........

An early trip to the Pahrump Valley; the old Yount Ranch; doing legal work for Belle Yount; bootlegging in the old days; oil rights to land; memories of the Pahrump Valley and some of its residents in the 1930s and 1940s; travel to the valley. Acquiring land for Hidden Hills Ranch; oil in the Pahrump Valley?; growing peach trees; the Mormon Trail; building an air strip; on the ranch; the beauty of Cathedral Canyon; memories of Doby Doc; trying to get the roads improved. Memories of Beatty, the Amargosa Valley and Las Vegas; predicting Las Vegas' growth; getting power to the Amargosa and Pahrump Valley; memories of the Lees and the Browns; early days on the gaming board; selling property to Hoot Gibson; air pollution..........

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