Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell, lifetime residents of the Clifton Hollow area, discuss the construction of the Kohl Dam in 1918 as well as family life during the 1920's-1940's, including saving a school bell after a fire, large gatherings in their home, and farming the area. The interview also includes physical descriptions of the region.

This is a rather interesting interview with Edwin Joshnson who was extensively involved with the United States governmental agricultural policies during and after the Frankin D. Roosevelt administration. Johnson provides a good deal of information and insight into these policies.

Mr. Junkman, who grew up in River Falls, gives his remarkable account as a soldier in World War II. Junkman joined the local National Guard and soon found himself fighting the Japanese in the Pacific theatre, enduring three years of difficult combat. He was discharged from the National Guard after 29 ½ years of service. Additionally, he briefly discusses life, before and after the war, in River Falls.

This interview with Dr. E. H. Kleinpell, past President of the Unversity of Wisconsin River Falls, offers a good look at River Falls college from 1943 to 1968. How it has grown, the problems encountered, te faculty and administration and a few insights into the powers and responsibilities of a college president are discussed.

Mr. Ritchey and Dr. Laue are both longtime residents of River Falls. Both attended public shcools in River Falls and the State Normal School located there, and lived and worked in River Falls as adults. Genealogical information on both families is given, and their recollections of River Falls in their youth and the changes the city has gone through are discussed.

Mrs. Madson gives an excellent accout of what it was like growing up and living in the Spring Valley area in the 1900's. Included in her interview is an account of the infamous 1942 flood that destroyed Spring Valley. She also gives a very good account of what it was like being a rural school teacher in Pierce County in the 1930's. Aditionally, she talks of attending the River Falls State Teachers College.

Mr. Murphy, long-time resident of River Falls, Wisconsin who now lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, discusses his parents dairy farm, one of the earliest in Pierce County. He reminisces about the transition to darying from other types of farming and why the transition occurred. He also describes the process of making butter. Mr. Murphy attended the Normal School at River Falls and and played on the football team. He discusses changes in the sport and some of the teachers and presidents at the normal school.