Interviewer
Jim Scott
Files
Description
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 miners in Garnet, Montana and Beartown, Montana. Marsh also describes the population boom in the area when the Northern Pacific Railroad depot was built in 1883 and how the original Lannen family home became a hotel for travelers, miners, and railroad workers.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Bearmouth, Montana; Clark Fork River; Western expansion; John Lannen; Garnet, Montana; Beartown, Montana; Northern Pacific Railroad
Original Date
10-24-1989
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Hazel Marsh Interviews Oral History Project, OH 244, 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 244-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (31 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:02:29 minutes
Local Filename
OH_244_001.mp3; OH_244_001.pdf
Citation
Marsh, Hazel, "Hazel Marsh Interview, October 24, 1989" (1989). Hazel Marsh Interviews Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/hazelmarsh_oralhistory/1