Basque oral History Project - Fritz Buckingham

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Fritz Buckingham
Gretchen Holbert
Paradise, NV
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Fritz Buckingham is known as one of the elder statesmen of Nevada. He was born in San Francisco in 1893 and lived most of his life in Paradise, Nevada. He was involved in almost every aspect of life there, at times holding positions including: Maytag Dealer and traveling musician.

In this interview there is a large amount of history involving both Paradise and Winnemucca. Fritz explains in detail both the hotels in Paradise, Winnemucca and all over Nevada and those who owned and operated them.

He also explains the bootlegging practices during Prohibition and the industries that supported Humboldt County in the early days.

Read the Interview Summary - part one
Read the Interview Summary - part two


	(Audio Files in English) Winnemucca, Spotted Fever (8:24) Hotels in Winnemucca (7:23) The Women of Paradise, NV (4:05) Sil Yraguen, Other Townspeople (5:32) Bootlegging (6:12) The Fort and Cemetery (11:59) The Fritz Buckingham Band (7:45) History of Paradise, Humboldt Co. (7:55) Grain, Cattle and Sheep (7:54) The Winnemucca Hotel, Jarreau's (5:59)

Keywords in Order of Appearance
Places	People	Topics	Years
Winnemucca Paradise Galconda McDermitt San Francisco Battle Mountain Lovelock Sacramento Genoa Carson City Austin Eureka Elko Silver City, ID Humboldt Co., NV	Joe Gastanaga William Socks Charlie Gartiz Bill Bradley Marie Betegurian Cachero Bruno Gastanaga Frank Aramburu Edith Harvey Sil Yraguen Joe Echeverria Emily Miller Tony Azumendi George Reed Angelo Forni Bautist Recanzone Alfonso Pasquali Harry Warren Margaret Prusser May Meyers Joe Banks John Kembler J.B. Caste Bob Schwartz	Sheepmen Cattlemen Spotted Fever Social Life Paradise History Bootlegging The Fort Record keeping Playing Music Freight Teams Original Paradise Inhabitants Spring Floors	1922 1893 1915 1904 1854 1897 1908 1919 1901 1911 1922
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