| Title: |
Jim Babbitt
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department
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| Collection: |
United Indian Traders Association Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
When [the Babbitts] first came to Flagstaff in 1886, they were really interested in being cattle ranchers. That was the thing that was really foremost in their minds. Along the way, after they had been in the cattle ranching business, they also got into the mercantile business, and the lumber and hardware business--parts of which they had done back in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio. Never had a mind about, or any idea that Indian trading would be something that they would do.... They had never gone up into the Indian country in those early years. And certainly never had any goal towards getting involved in that business. It just happened in a very serendipitous way.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Babbitt, Jim
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Document date: |
21-Jul-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Cole, Brad
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| Organizations discussed: |
United Indian Traders Assocation, 1931-1997
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Indian; Commerce; Indian reservations; Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Commerce; Navajo Indians--United States; North America; Oral history; Trading posts; United Indian Traders Assocation, 1931-1997; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025980-27927
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