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Gabel, Leroy & Sydney Shaffner

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DescriptionI initially interviewed Leroy Gabel and his wife Sydney Shaffner Gabel on Friday, March 31, 2017. Leroy is a descendent of two different families, the Gable's and the Grosskopf's who originally homesteaded on the Huntley Irrigation Project early in the nineteenth century. Although Sydney Gabel grew up in the Dillon, Montana area, she is an excellent resource for information about the group of immigrants referred to as, 'Volga Germans from Russia'. In the first three chapters of this interview, Sydney Shaffner Gabel gives interesting history of the Volga German people who immigrated to the United States from Russia. The Gabel's are farmers and as soon as the ground dried enough to begin Spring planting, Leroy was in the field all Spring, Summer and Autumn. Then they were gone most of the Winter. I was able to meet up with them again in April 2018 to conclude their interview.TypeSoundCreatorBiggers, Trudie PorterGenresound recordingsLanguageengDate2017-03-31SubjectIrrigationIrrigation projectsAgricultural development projectsEconomic development projectsRural development projectsDitchesDiversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)AgricultureIrrigated agriculture Irrigated farmingBeetsSugar beetBeet sugar industrySwedish immigrants to the United States 1900Leroy GabelSydney Shaffner GabelAnna GabelEllis IslandVolga Germans from RussiaMabel Grosskopf GabelHenry GabelPhilip GabelContributing InstitutionHuntley Project Museum of Irrigated AgricultureGeographic CoverageHuntley Project (Mont.); Yellowstone County (Mont.); Huntley (Mont.); Pompeys Pillar (Mont.)Digital CollectionHuntley Irrigation Project Oral HistoriesDigital Formataudio/mp3Digitization SpecificationsRecorded using Audacity 2.1.2 on a MacBook Pro.

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