Recollections of an old Oregon hard-rock miner (WPA oral-history interview)




Offbeat Oregon History podcast show

Summary: "I was introduced to Hank Simms by the superintendent of the Home (for the Aged) and he took me to his room. At once Hank Simms asked, 'Well, young feller, what do you want — just some straight running off at the mouth or do you want me to go on something special? I am a long distance talker if you give me a chance, and I might take you for a long ride in the wrong direction.'" (For text and pictures, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001959/)