McNary & Pinetop-Lakeside History, Part 3
McNary & Pinetop-Lakeside History, Part 3
TITLE
McNary & Pinetop-Lakeside History , Part 3
Interviewee
Butler , Diana Wilson
SUBJECT
Oral histories ; Arizona History ; Apache County (Ariz.) ; Navajo County (Ariz.) ; Biography ;
Browse Topic
Arts and architecture Business and industry Education Family and community Land and resources Leisure and travel Society and culture Work and labor
DESCRIPTION
Diana Wilson Butler describes her mother Martha McNary Wilson Chilcothe as a feisty teenager when the family came to the Sitgreaves National Forest and White Mountain Apache Reservation in order to develop the timber industry of the area . Martha graduated from McNary High School . As the boss ' daughter , she would often rise to catch the logging trucks at 4:00 am , where she would spend the day driving Caterpillars or whatever other heavy equipment she took a whim to. She also loved riding horses up into the forests to spend the day . father , James G . McNary , sent her off to Yale to study , and she returned with degrees in hand , never to use them. Her passion was for the forests and the logging industry and the people who worked in them. She met a logger and married him with the reluctant blessing of her parents . When the McNary family retired , sold out and left McNary , Arizona , Martha stayed behind , content in developing her own town , that of Pinetop , Arizona . Diana describes what it was like growing up in two worlds simultaneously , a logger's daughter who ate on linen tablecloths with silver and crystal . She boasts of the dynamic force her mother was as the Justice of the Peace and an active organizer of various boards designed to establish the town of Pinetop . Martha McNary Wilson Chilcothe was truly a woman ahead of her time .
Interviewer
McBride, Joyce
TYPE
Sound
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
The opinions expressed in this interview are those of the interviewee only. They do not represent the views of the Pinetop-Lakeside Historical Society Museum. Please contact the Pinetop-Lakeside Historical Society Museum with questions about the use and reproduction of this resource.
DATE ORIGINAL
2010-06-10
Time Period
1920s (1920-1929) 1930s (1930-1939) 1940s (1940-1949) 1950s (1950-1959) 1970s (1970-1979) 1980s (1980-1989)
ORIGINAL FORMAT
Born digital
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER
Butler, Diana Part 3 Martha McNary Wilson Chilcothe.mp3
Date Digital
2010-06-10
DIGITAL FORMAT
MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
File Size
16640627 Bytes
DIGITIZATION SPECIFICATIONS
Recorded on an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder Model VN-960PC in HQ mode
REPOSITORY
Pinetop-Lakeside Historical Society Museum
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