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
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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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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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".
Oral History
Interviewee: Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1137-1139
Duration: 02:45:11
Date: June 20, 1996 & June 24, 1996
Topics Discussed: John Lee Parsons Family, c. 1906-1925; Granville Fain Family, Miller Family and Valley, c. 1917; Yavapai County Cowbelles, Ranch Life, 1928-1970, Dr. John C. Taylor, c. 1935; Sharlot Hall; Rafter Eleven Ranch, 1905-1995; Barlow-Massick Castle; “Dan” Granville Fain & Prescott Valley History.


