Emily Dalvit interviews brother and sister, Braven Bendzak and Arlene Watts. They talk about their family and lives growing up in Ronald, Washington. They talk bout the closeness of the Croation community of immigrants. They discuss how lodges served as a social net to help widows and children of deceased miners. They recall many aspects of life in a close knit mining community. Braven also discusses his time in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.