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Jul 30, 2012

Interviewee:  Alice Ellin Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer:  Zoe Blaine         
Audio Number:  167
Duration:   00:35:14

Date:  July 10, 1988
Acquisition Number:  ACC#  

Topics Discussed:   Groom Creek stage stop; Mackin children (Evelyn, George, Emmett, Joe, Edward (died at 6 weeks) Lester Mary and Alice); Father’s death; Senator Mine; White Cloud Mine; Bennett family; Goldwater Lake; Mackin Acres; Peter, Joseph, Owen and James Mackin; Cripple Creek, Colorado; St. Joseph’s Academy; Grant Bennett; Eddie Andrews; Mrs. Otto Land; Mrs. Stanley Day; Schemmer family; Orthell Brothers; Ensminger’s  Soda Fountain; Jack Whitney; Hassayampa Inn; Ferrell Archer, Earl Passmer & Howard Duvall; Night Cap; Green Frog Café; Floyd Motor Company; Bishop Liquor Distributors; Coffee Cup Café; Baptist Camp; Lennox Maternity Home; JC Penney; Bob Gilmore; Bruno Rizzuniko; Albuquerque.

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Nov 20, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Richard "Dick" M. L. Allen, Sr. (b. 06/08/1911 - d. 05/22/2004)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1247
Duration: 00:37:50
Date:  July 10, 1998
Topics Discussed: Dick was living in Arizona Pioneer Home and created this recording, which is a combination of his history and the songs he learned as he was growing up.  All vocals are by Dick Allen

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Mar 24, 2015

Oral History
Interviewee:  Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1144 & 1145
Duration:  01:29:57 & 01:21:14
Date:  1989
Topics Discussed:  Pioneer Ranch Wife Part 1 - Pioneer Ranch Life, Texas, and Arizona, Skull Valley, Kirkland Dances, St. Joseph’s Academy, Prescott Chamber of Commerce Job; State Teacher’s College at Tempe, Arizona, Brand 44, Rafter 11 Ranch Brands, Verde Valley Life, Page Springs Ranch, and Grandmother Nellie Beck.

Pioneer Ranch Wife - Part 2 - Life in Yaeger Canyon; Cattle Round-Up filmed with Dorothy Fay Southworth – Tex Ritter’s Wife; World War II Gas Rationing; Headquarters; House Fire; Coyote Ranch; 1945 Cattle Roundup; Townships; Orme Ranch; “Holding the Herd”; Senator Jimmy Minotto; 1967 Snowstorm and Horse Accident & End of Riding Days.

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Jul 27, 2012

Oral History
Interviewee:  Alice  E. Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1274
Duration: 00:56:05
Date:  December 9, 1998
Topics Discussed:  Nite Cap Bar, Miller Valley 1940s, Prescott "Tunnels", Bruno's Bar, Downtown Prescott 1923

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Mar 21, 2015

Oral History
Interviewee:  Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer:  Pioneer Productions Staff Member
Audio Number:  1146
Duration:  01:29:04
Date:  1989
Topics Discussed:  Pioneering Days in Arizona - Arizona Cattle Growers Radio Appearance; Father Kino; Early Arizona History; Pete Kitchens; Chino Valley and Lonesome Valley; Gold Discovery on Lynx Creek; Walker Party; Sam Miller & Burnt Ranch; Indian Wars; Granville “Dan” Fain; HA Brand; Montezuma Well Ranch; Yaeger Canyon; Westerner’s Club speech; Barlow Massick; Open Range Ends; Diamond F Ranch; Marion Perkins and Sons; Diamond S Ranch and the Hashknife Outfit & OK Cattle Companies.  

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Jul 28, 2012

Oral History
Interviewee:  Alice E. Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1003-1004
Duration: 01:22:18
Date:  February 1, 1995
Topics Discussed: Mackin family, Bar H Ranch, O.A. Lange family, Groom Creek stage stop and saloon circa 1900, Bennett place at Goldwater Lake, P Bar Ranch, Loba Lodge

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Nov 21, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Richard "Dick" M. L. Allen, Sr. (b. 06/08/1911 - d. 05/22/2004)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Numbers:  1170-1171 & 1173B
Duration: 01:28:44
Date:  February 26, 1997 & March 26, 1997
Topics Discussed:  Chino Valley and the Latter-Days Saints (LDS) Church in Chino Valley; Allen’s Nu-Way Market; Allen’s Dairy, c. 1926; 1939 carrier pigeons and World War II (WWII) canneries.

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Mar 18, 2015

Radio Broadcast
Program Name: Echos of the Past & Cowboy Camp Meeting
Producer:  Yavapai Cowbelles
Narrator:  Johnie Lee (Parson) Fain & Dr. Talbert
Audio Number:  1294
Duration:  00:30:59
Date:  1930s (?) - Reproduced 1999
Topics Discussed:  History of Perkins Family, Bob Perkins, Wranglers, Cattle driving from New Mexico & Texas to Arizona and Cowboy Camp Meeting.

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Jul 24, 2012

Oral History
Interviewee:  Joe [Thomas Joseph] Mackin (b. 06/04/1912 – d. 02/08/2001)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  866-867
Duration: 01:14:51
Date:  July 24, 1991
Topics Discussed:  Mackin Family History; Veterinarian - Dr. Osborne; Working at Different Prescott Bakeries; Truck Driver for Paving White Spar Road - a WPA project; Prescott Fire Department, 1946-1973; Prescott Antique Auto Club, Wife - Margaret “Peggy” (Johnson) Mackin & children, and Sharlot Hall Museum Life Member.

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Nov 03, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Mary Lou (Arredondo) Alvarado (b. 08/19/1935 – d. 02/08/2017)
Interviewer:  Sylvia Neely
Audio Numbers:  1481-1482
Duration: 02:04:57
Date:  March 30, 2004
Topics Discussed: The Alvarado and Arredondo families, 1940s & 1950s Prescott History, Mexican-Americans in Prescott and the Prescott "Tunnels".

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