Interview with Patti Johnson Smotherman

Partial Transcript: Patti can we just start with your full name please?

Segment Synopsis: Patricia Kay Johnson Smotherman speaks about her upbringing. She recalls watching her father who was Wendell Johnson, plow fields with horses when she was a child.

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Partial Transcript: Tell me about the horses that your dad owned early on and your first memories of those horses.

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about going to horse auctions with her father as a child.

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Partial Transcript: Among those, a couple of ponies, one in particular her name was Goldie.

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about her childhood pony named Goldie.

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Partial Transcript: What kind of riding did you guys do when you were growing up?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about the adventures she had with horses in her youth.

Keywords: Johnson's Tobe

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Partial Transcript: What does that idea of the mountain horse signify to you?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about the temperament and gait of a mountain horse.

Keywords: Johnson's Tobe

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Partial Transcript: You knew Sam Tuttle correct, when you were a little girl?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson shares her memories of Sam Tuttle.

Keywords: Chocolate Drop; Johnson's Tobe; Tobe

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Partial Transcript: Who are some of the other kind of horse breeders or horse trainers that your dad hung out with?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about her father's friend Bob Collins. She also speaks about Collins' daughter Rea Swan.

Keywords: Bob Collins; Rea Swan

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Partial Transcript: Tell me about those, it sounds like those are kind of collective family outings.

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about going trail riding and camping with her family. She also speaks about how well trained their mountain horses were for trail riding.

Keywords: Marble Yard

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Partial Transcript: Another thing about the Rocky Mountains, it's more of like a partnership than actual master and horse.

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about the demeanor of Rocky Mountain Horses.

Keywords: Johnson's Tobe

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Partial Transcript: What about difficult horses?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about her mother's horse named Lady.

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Partial Transcript: Steph was telling me that you had a story about, was it your mom and you trying to get Toby out of a fence at some point?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about Johnson's Tobe getting stuck in a brush pile as a foal.

Keywords: Chocolate Drop; Johnson's Tobe

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Partial Transcript: Did you ever watch your brother or your dad break any horses on the farm or were they usually pretty broke when they got there?

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about her memories of training Rocky Mountain Horses in her youth.

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Partial Transcript: In 1976 he had a covered wagon all made up.

Segment Synopsis: Johnson speaks about doing pioneer reenactments in parades with her family.

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