Interview: Jim Aplan
Description
Originally from Ft. Pierre, Jim Aplan was a rodeo cowboy who grew up collecting arrowheads to pay for movies on the weekends. In the first part of his interview with Bev Pechan, he shares many tales about the rodeo life. Jim participated in rodeos all across the United States, including shows with Colonel Jim Eskew in New York.
In the second part of his interview, Jim talks about his many jobs over the years, including working at the Ft. Meade hospital, starting a museum in Keystone with Dr. Kenneth Leonard, and working at a bank in Midland, SD. He also details the purchases of several historical collections, like the Borglum papers, Hoffman collection, and a Custer battlefield gun.
In the second part of his interview, Jim talks about his many jobs over the years, including working at the Ft. Meade hospital, starting a museum in Keystone with Dr. Kenneth Leonard, and working at a bank in Midland, SD. He also details the purchases of several historical collections, like the Borglum papers, Hoffman collection, and a Custer battlefield gun.
Subject
antique collecting, cowboys, Ft. Meade, Ft. Pierre, gun collecting, Jim Eskew Ranch & Rodeo, Keystone, museums, rodeo clowns, rodeo cowboys, rodeos
Creator
Rapid City Oral History Project
Date
10-01-2014
Contributor
Rapid City Public Library
Historic Rapid City
Rapid City Library Foundation
Coverage
Keystone, (S.D.), Ft. Pierre (S.D.), Canon City, (C.O.), Midland (S.D.)
1930s-2000s
Interviewee
Jim Aplan
Interviewer
Bev Pechan
Location
Rapid City
Files
- Date Added
- May 19, 2021
- Collection
- Interviews
- Item Type
- Oral History
- Tags
- Antique collecting, Cowboys, Ft. Meade, Ft. Pierre, Gun collecting, Jim Eskew, Keystone, Korean War, Midland, Museums, Rodeo clowns, Rodeos, United States Army
- Citation
- Rapid City Oral History Project, “Interview: Jim Aplan,” Rapid City Oral History, accessed May 18, 2024, https://rcploralhistory.omeka.net/items/show/5.