Interview with Bernard D. Ewen, June 23, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Bernard Ewen, a proprietor on Cane Creek, begins the interview by giving details of his family, followed by a life summary. Then, a floor plan of Ewen's childhood farm is provided, as well as the work distribution of the farm. Ewen then talks of enlisting in the Army, and his life following retirement from the Army Depot. How Ewen began his grocery store on Cane Creek is detailed. Additionally, the problems with farming according to Ewen are considered, as well as the community of Cane Creek in general.Interview Accession
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Armed service records Bench fields Cane syrup production Country stores Education Folk medicine Food preservation. Heritage farms Hog butchering Home remedies Household labor Household social organization Household spatial organization Hunting L&N railroad Modern household appliances Mountain Parkway Rural electrification Rural sanitation Slade (Ky.) Smokehouses Solid waste disposal Views on farming Cane Creek (Ky.) Grocery stores Family ChildhoodInterview Rights
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Ewen, Bernard D. Interview by David Rotenizer. 23 Jun. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ewen, B.D. (1992, June 23). Interview by D. Rotenizer. Family Farms of Kentucky: Farm and Farmstead Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ewen, Bernard D., interview by David Rotenizer. June 23, 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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