This collection contains interviews detailing Hazel Marsh’s experiences in Bearmouth, Montana, from 1916 to 1990. The interviews were conducted in 1989 and 1990 by Jim Scott. Marsh discusses the history of Bearmouth, Montana, the Lannen family, the Bearmouth Ranch, and the evolution and development of the small town throughout the 20th century. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH 244 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.
This collection includes 12 interviews.
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Hazel Marsh Interview, February 13, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses returning to Bearmouth, Montana during the 1950s to care for the ailing members of the Lannen family. She describes her divorce, attending the University of Montana, Missoula, the College of Great Falls, and Rosary College, where she earned a degree in library ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, February 6, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses her life in Bearmouth, Montana during the 1930s and the steady decline of mining in Garnet, Montana. She describes her chores, forms of recreation in town, and housing. Marsh discusses the Lannen family’s purchase of Cottonwood Stock Farm in 1933, gold dredging ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, January 23, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses the Stage Station run by the Birmingham family south of Bearmouth, Montana. She describes how the Lannen family bought the property in 1910 and kept it as part of their ranch holdings. Marsh also discusses the importance of the Mullan Trail, the ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, March 14, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses her experiences in Bearmouth, Montana throughout the 1970s, including her difficulties with ranch managers, the dismantling and relocation of older Bearmouth buildings, and the sale of the Bearmouth ranch to the Bearmouth Land and Cattle Company in 1979. She also elaborates on ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, March 23, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses Bearmouth, Montana, from 1979 to 1990, detailing land ownership and changes to town and buildings throughout those years.
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Hazel Marsh Interview, March 6, 1990
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses her experiences in Bearmouth, Montana after 1965, when she returned to Bearmouth to care for the deteriorating Bearmouth ranch. She describes conflicts she had with her renter, Manley, who took over the ranch in 1966 and litigation suits she participated in over ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, November 1, 1989
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses her experiences growing up as an orphan in Bearmouth, Montana. She describes the chores and cleaning she did around a kitchen and in the post office and how she cleaned and attended the local school until the eighth grade. Marsh also briefly ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, November 19, 1989
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses the families that settled in the Bearmouth, Montana area. She describes where many of the residents originally came from, conflicts that arose within the community concerning water, and the lifestyles of the homesteaders who ranched in the region. March also discusses her ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, November 28, 1989
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses her experiences at Sacred Heart Academy in Missoula, Montana while she was in high school from 1928 to 1932. She describes her day-to-day life at the school, her studies, her friends, and her relationship with the nuns. She details interactions between the ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, November 7, 1989
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses the buildings and structures of the Bearmouth, Montana region circa 1908. She describes the Milwaukee Railroad depot, the Northern Pacific Railroad depot, the old saloon, the hotel, and the general store. March also details how the flood of 1908 destroyed many of ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Interview, October 24, 1989
Hazel Marsh
Hazel Marsh discusses the history of Bearmouth, Montana. She describes how the area was settled by the Lannen family, Irish immigrants, in 1865. She discusses how John Lannen subsisted through exchanging currency for gold, ferrying across the Clark Fork River, and by providing supplies for ... Read More
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Hazel Marsh Reminiscence, June 1991
Hazel Marsh
In this self-recorded reminiscence, Hazel Marsh concludes her oral history project by discussing her experiences growing up in Bearmouth, Montana. She details her feelings about growing up as an orphan and being raised by the Lannen family. She also describes changes that occurred to the ... Read More