Interview with Travis Magruder

Partial Transcript: I'd like to start the interview by asking you your name and date of birth.

Segment Synopsis: In this segment, Mr. Magruder talks about his earliest memories of Pleasureville.

Keywords: Banks; Deposit Banks.; Hardware Stores; Henry County Ky; Pleasureville Community; Pleasureville Ky; Railroads

Subjects: Banks and banking, American Kentucky bluegrass Kentucky--History Kentucky--Social life and customs Railroad companies Railroad crossings Railroad stations

Partial Transcript: What do you remember about the twenties?

Segment Synopsis: In this Segment, Mr. Magruder discusses Pleasureville during the New Deal, the Great Depression, and the 1920's.

Keywords: bootleggers; Farmers; Henry County Ky; Highways; New Deal; Pleasureville Community; Pleasureville Ky; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Prohibition; The Great Depression

Subjects: Depressions--1929 Depressions--1929--United States Kentucky bluegrass Kentucky--History Kentucky--Social life and customs New Deal, 1933-1939 Prohibition Prohibition--United States Prohibition--United States--History

Partial Transcript: Has there always been that kind of attitude towards development?

Segment Synopsis: In this segment, Mr. Magruder discusses why he believes Pleasureville is no longer as good as it once was.

Keywords: 1960s; Deposit Banks; Farming; Henry County Ky; Pleasureville, Ky; Public School Closures; Public schools; Schools; Sewage; Water lines

Subjects: Banks and banking, American education Kentucky bluegrass Kentucky--History Kentucky--Social life and customs Sewage water

Partial Transcript: What do you remember about World War II in Pleasureville?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Magruder discusses his time in the war, local fires, and the changes he has witnessed in Pleasureville.

Tape Interruption: 30:11-30:24

Keywords: Banks; Henry County KY; picture shows; Pleasureville Ky; Small Town Fires; World War II

Subjects: Banks and banking, American enclosure fires fire Fire prevention Kentucky Bluegrass Kentucky--History Kentucky--Social life and customs World War, 1939-1945

Partial Transcript: Do you remember the outstanding teachers that taught here in Pleasureville?

Segment Synopsis: In this segment, Mr. Macgruder and company talk about the school in Pleasureville.

Keywords: Churches; Education; Henry County KY; One Room Schoolhouses; Pleasureville Ky; Religion; United Kingdom

Subjects: churches education Kentucky bluegrass Kentucky--History Kentucky--Social life and customs primary education secondary education