Interviewer
Barbara Frey
Files
Description
Members of the Dufresne family (including Anna Mildred Mueller Dufresne, Julia Dufresne Van Holt, Margaret Allen Dufresne, Goldie Cole Dufresne, and Julian Dufresne) describe their family and their relationship with other early residents of the Frenchtown area. They briefly discuss animal husbandry, specifically raising sheep in Milltown during the turn of the century. Julia DuFresnes VanHolt describes teaching at the Six Mile School and Julian DuFresnes talks about growing up on Nine Mile, and industrial opportunities in the Frenchtown Valley. The interviewees recall their neighbors in the Frenchtown area and their encounters with the Native American communities in that area. They share their experiences of various natural disasters and disease outbreaks including the fire of 1910, the flu epidemic of 1918, and the flood of 1908.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Frenchtown, Montana; Huson, Montana; Milltown, Montana; DuFresne family; Nine Mile, Montana; Confederated Tribes of the Salish and Kootenai; Natural disasters; Flu epidemic; Animal husbandry; Homesteading, Montana
Original Date
2-24-1976
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project, OH 047, 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 047-003
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:18:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (18 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:15:59 minutes
Local Filename
OH_047_003.pdf
Citation
Dufresne, Anna Mildred; Van Holt, Julia; Dufresne, Margaret; Dufresne, Goldie; and Dufresne, Julian, "Dufresne Family Interview, February 24, 1976" (1976). Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project. 2.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/frenchtown_oralhistory/2