Interview with Lawrence Honan
| Description: |
Born in 1898, this interview covers much of Lawrence Honans life up to World War II. Honan discusses early 20th-century agriculture, St. Josephs Catholic Church in Lebanon, the village of Max, hucksters, interurban railways, the early years of basketball at Lebanon High School, the home front during World War I, railroad construction, road construction, the Great Depression--including his experiences as the superintendent of a WPA road construction project--the attack on Pearl Harbor, the construction of US-52, and the Ku Klux Klan in Boone County. |
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| Created By: |
Honan, Lawrence; Goodwin, B. J. |
| Contributor(s): |
Taylor, Dixie |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll4/id/9291 |
| Collection: |
Boone County Heritage |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Agriculture Catholic Church Depressions--1929 New Deal, 1933-1939 Peddlers Railroads Street-railroads World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1939-1945 |
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