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In this oral history excerpt, Rob Amberg questions long-time Madison County, North Carolina resident Stan Hyatt about his family history and his father’s employment during the Great Depression.
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- Rob Amberg
- Was your family’s roots from there? And how long had your family been in the community?
- Stan Hyatt
- Two generations before me.
- Rob Amberg
- And what kind of work did your dad do?
- Stan Hyatt
- My dad did a lot of things. His, uh, the last work he did before he retired in Cleveland — he worked in a musical instrument factory, making instruments. Brass instruments.
- Rob Amberg
- But what did he do when you were in Barnardsville?
- Stan Hyatt
- He did a lot of things. He just moved around from job to job. He worked before — one of the last things he did in Barnardsville was work with his brother in a country store.





