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Description

Homer Rhoads discusses his background and tells a story of when he was a small boy in El Reno. Additonally, he talks about New York in the early 1900s, sleeping in rooms for 15 cents per night, Navy Destroyers, prohibition and selling alcohol. Rhoads is an early pioneer of El Reno. His father owned saloons in El Reno. Homer was a bootlegger and was in the Navy.

Date(s)

6/24/1971

Call Number

LL 298

Subjects
Military, Prohibition
Interviewee(s) Homer Rhoads
Interviewer(s) Maydelle Jones