Oral history interview with Vernon "Pete" Peterson / interviewed by Chuck Hatfield
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- 2001-04-06
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Peterson discusses the following topics: Pete Peterson replaced Jim Paultz (from Rockton) as “patrolman” (highway maintenance worker), Whitestown, Wisconsin, July 1960—Born in Hoff Valley, Ontario, Wisconsin, 1932, moved ca. 1944 with father to Sandhill Ridge, Whitestown, Wisconsin, Pete bought his house from Eddie Allison, 1959, Pete moved from California for his job, Whitestown, Wisconsin—Duties as Whitestown, Wisconsin “patrolman” (highway maintenance worker), started in 1960, improvement of gravel roads in Whitestown, Wisconsin, keeping up the roads via snowplowing or grading—Early plans and thoughts on the La Farge Dam Project (1969-1975), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (est. 1802) sporadic purchase of land, exodus of people from the Whitestown, Wisconsin area, Claude Cass & family moved out of the area early, 1960s —[Pete and Chuck are looking at map about locations of the Kickapoo River Valley, Wisconsin from 00:08:05 to 00:41:17]—[unidentified person] Inconsistent compensation fo
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00:00:00—Pete Peterson replaced Jim Paultz (from Rockton) as “patrolman” (highway maintenance worker), Whitestown, Wisconsin, July 1960 | 00:00:38—Born in Hoff Valley, Ontario, Wisconsin, 1932, moved ca. 1944 with father to Sandhill Ridge, Whitestown, Wisconsin, Pete bought his house from Eddie Allison, 1959, Pete moved from California for his job, Whitestown, Wisconsin | 00:01:53—Duties as Whitestown, Wisconsin “patrolman” (highway maintenance worker), started in 1960, improvement of gravel roads in Whitestown, Wisconsin, keeping up the roads via snowplowing or grading | 00:05:42—Early plans and thoughts on the La Farge Dam Project (1969-1975), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (est. 1802) sporadic purchase of land, exodus of people from the Whitestown, Wisconsin area, Claude Cass & family moved out of the area early, 1960s | [Pete and Chuck are looking at map about locations of the Kickapoo River Valley, Wisconsin from 00:08:05 to 00:41:17] | 00:08:05—[unidentified person] Inconsiste
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
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- Peterson, Vernon -- Interviews
Flood control -- Wisconsin -- Kickapoo River Valley
Dams -- Wisconsin -- Kickapoo River Valley
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- English
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- Oral history interview with Vernon "Pete" Peterson / interviewed by Chuck Hatfield. 2001-04-06. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000214. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- (2001-04-06) Oral history interview with Vernon "Pete" Peterson / interviewed by Chuck Hatfield. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebAudioPlayer.jsp?doc_id=aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000214
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