Interview with Douglas Morton, May 21, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Douglas Morton, a farmer from Cane Creek, works with Thomas Arcury to detail the houses within Powell County around Cane Creek. Arcury shows Morton many images of homes or the remnants of homes and Morton describes the history of each site to the best of his ability. Most sites are given a current and past owner and Morton gives an estimate of when he thinks the house was built, if applicable. Morton gives information on sites 55 through 120 with varying levels of detail based on Morton's knowledge and the history of each site.Interview Accession
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Bowen (Ky.) Churches Farm buildings Heritage farms Marriage customs Cane Creek (Ky.) Stores Will School Country life Upper Cane Creek (Ky.) Lower Cane Creek (Ky.) Homes Houses Construction Architecture Mobile homes Trailers Relatives Education Schoolhouses Punkin Hollow (Ky.) West Hollow (Ky.)Interview LC Subject
Agriculture--Kentucky Country life Family farms Farm life Powell County (Ky.) Building Rural schools Agriculture FamiliesInterview Rights
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Morton, Douglas Interview by Thomas A. Arcury. 21 May. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Morton, D. (1992, May 21). Interview by T. A. Arcury. Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Morton, Douglas, interview by Thomas A. Arcury. May 21, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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