Russell Relyea , October 19, 2013
Scope and Contents
As part of the completion of the Master of Applied Historical Research program at Boise State University, Angie Davis interviewed long-time residents of the Boise Bench. The subjects’ lifetime experiences range from the interwar period, Depression Era, and through the post-war period as Boise’s suburban Bench neighborhoods were transformed from rural farms and orchards to the metropolitan outskirts of suburban Boise. The subjects interviewed range in economic, social, and cultural backgrounds and persuasions, their perspectives contribute unique insights into the ways that Boise’s rural communities reacted to and dealt with international, regional, and local historical events.
Dates
- October 19, 2013
Extent
510.08 Megabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Russell Relyea was interviewed on October 19, 2013. Relyea detailed various homeowners and neighborhoods on the Boise Bench during the 1950s. He also relayed which schools he went to and how he drove a Model T Ford to Boise High School. Relyea provided information about the different grocery stores in the area, details about his family’s mortuary business, and how the Bench has changed since he lived there. He also explained how the valley has changed with the construction of Lucky Peak dam and how the road changed traveling to Idaho City. He moved away in 1955 and did not return to the Boise Valley until 1964.
Source
- Relyea, Russell (1939) (Narrator, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Collections Repository