Offbeat Oregon History podcast
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Recollections of an old Oregon railroad telegrapher and union lawyer, Part 2 of 2 (WPA oral-history interview)
21 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2024 at 7:00 am.
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On Nov. 28, 1938, Federal Writers Project worker Andrew Sherbert sat down with a stocky, animated 77-year-old attorney named George Estes to talk about Mr. Estes' recollections of working in the 1800s, first as a telegraph operator and later as an attorney for the Telegrapher's Union at Southern Pacific. (For text and pictures, see https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001955/)