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Description
Willard “Bill” Hartley describes the logging techniques, equipment and methods of the early 20th century in western Montana. He details how the loggers moved logs from the logging camps all the way down to the train and load them. Hartley recalls the specific kinds of equipment, including slide jammers and Shay engines, that were used in the logging process. He talks about the Anaconda Copper Mining Company’s logging division which operated in Nine Mile and Blackfoot, Montana. Hartley also describes growing up in Stark, Montana, attending school there, and later attending high school in Missoula, Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Logging, Montana; Logging, Nine Mile, Montana; Shay engines; Museum at Fort Missoula, Montana; Schoolhouses, Nine Mile, Montana; Stark, Montana; Logging, Blackfoot, Montana
Original Date
8-29-1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Forestry, Land Use, and Conservation Oral History Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 268-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.): analog + 1 transcript (19 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:01:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_268_001.mp3; OH_268_001.pdf
Citation
Hartley, Willard A., "Willard A. "Montana Bill" Hartley Reminiscence, August 29, 1991" (1991). Forestry, Land Use, and Conservation Interviews Oral History Collection. 4.
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