Interview with Melvin Simmons

Interview with Melvin Simmons of Almena, KS on March 29, 1975 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:21 - Biographical information 00:01:38 - Schooldays 00:03:52 - Homesteading 00:06:58 - Sod houses 00:10:26 - His family 00:12:29 - Almena, KS 00:15:39 - Buffalo 00:16:15 - Amos Cole 00:23:45 - Buffalo 00:24:18 - Digging wells 00:27:00 - Dog chasing an antelope 00:29:25 - Farmers 00:30:08 - Entertainment 00:33:49 - Horses 00:38:09 - Alice Kiper\u27s family 00:39:23 - Water pump and fires 00:45:35 - Raising watermelons and onions 00:48:17 - Making butter 00:50:20 - Keeping bees 00:54:39 - Working during childhood 00:58:32 - Farming 01:01:45 - His wife and marriage 01:11:25 - Move to Coffey County, KS and then to Guymon, OK, and on to Almena, KS 01:23:38 - Running the rest home in Almenahttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1150/thumbnail.jp