| Accession# |
VE1-2010 |
| Catalog date |
01/05/2010 |
| Collection |
OSHP Collections |
| Date of photo |
varied |
| Description |
Some recollections from the Division's early days come to the historical archives from the descendants of those who served. For instance, some of the experiences of Lt. Kenneth L. Duling (who died in 1986), who graduated in 1938 with the 10th Academy Class, were recalled by his niece, Bettina Baker, and her husband, William Baker, in a 2002 interview, some of which is recounted here:
Betty: "He lived around the Kimbolton area, but...for the longest amount of time he was in Cambridge. And since they had no children, they put in big gardens and fruit trees and a lot of the young recruits who had families and all would pull in and he would fill up bushel baskets and stick in the truck with food and all."
Betty: "Actually my aunt and uncle...didn't have any children. They gave up the idea of having children and I think the Highway Patrol was basically their life. It was a dangerous career in that point in time and there was an agreement that they wouldn't have any children. And he ended up living in the Cambridge area. Money was low pay and they lived out in the country and they used to grow a lot of vegetables, fruit trees, etc., and they used to tell all of the young officers with their families and they used to come out and they used to give them bushel baskets of produce and food and everything else from this place. The guys were always there all the time anyway, and their wives. I was there when a lot of the patrolmen were there because, basically, since they didn't have any children, I was fortunate. They had horses and all, he was an avid rider and I used to spend my summers there."
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| Year Range from |
1933 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Year range to |
2010 |
| Object ID |
VE1-2010-009 |
| Object Name |
print, photographic |
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