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Description
Born in Lone Pine, 1913. Came to Owens Valley in 1935. Mother was a Castro. Employed at PPG, then PMT Trucking Co. 1937-42, Came back to Valley 1945. Pete and Victoria Aigner, Parents. Father came from Indiana. Mother born in Lone Pine. Brother Norvil, aka Pete. Father owned a garage. School days. Fishing and Hunting. Spainhower Ranch. Strohmeyer Ranch at Manzanar. Owens Lake. Had violin lessons in Big Pine. Train ride to Los Angeles. Shipping talc. Sierra Talc in Keeler. Wells Fargo hauled out of Darwin to Lone Pine. Tungsten and copper from Union Carbide. Hauled Soda Ash from Trona to Union Carbide. Drove 41 years for PMT. Frank Chrysler. Business in Lone Pine, Safeway and Penneys Roy Bellas. Olivas family. PPG, more soda ash. V. Smith and R. Carrrasco families PMT wages: 75 cents an hour. NSP suit against DWP Dirty Socks. Don Branson. 8 PMT drivers and 4 or 5 loaders. Side B Train hauled copper, tungsten and talc out of Zurich, Big Pine. Mr. Woods was Stage Agent at Depot Railway express sign. PMT, subsidiary of Southern Pacific PMT union and strike. Gunga Din movie. J. Wayne, H. Fonda, B. Crosby. Spainhower furnished movie needs. Hauled plaster board to Manzanar. Snow was a problem in winter Lone Pine Stampede. Sheep drivers. Roy Cline, driver for Western Gillette Hauled lumber on train from Mill Pond. Wells Fargo hauled out of Darwin to Lone Pine depot Towmer Railroad. Tape 2 Jim Ellis, CPT pilot, married Juanita Ruiz 1970's ended train north of Lone Pine Spanish Gardens. Beacon Tavern, Bishop Keough Hot Springs. Walter Dow owned hotel and lumber yard. Father Crowley, sponsored Town Basketball Team Town Baseball team. Andrew Glen and Indian on Tuttle Creek Wedding of the Waters. Death Valley bike race. Drag races at Manzanar Helens. Little Lake Hotel. Frank Harry, mechanic for PMT Bill Skinner. Side B High cost of living. Hauled machinery for Tungsten Mill. PMT hauled from West End and Trona, soda ash. Road to Mill on grade took 1 hour to go 11 miles DWP purchases. Bedart Potatoes in Big Pine. Bill Tonkin, driver for talc mines Mario Martinez, PMT driver. Station Agents Section Gang Bob White. Robert White (son) is a contractor.
Type
sound
Format
Copy Audio cassette
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
ECM,OH 322 cainecm_000105_t01; cainecm_000105_t02
Language
English
Provenance
Eastern California Museum California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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