Interviewer
Diann E. Wiesner
Files
Description
Albert Schulz describes some of his experiences trapping along the Rosebud River in Alberta, Canada, in the early 1910s. He talks about learning to snare rabbits from his father, and the three years (1912-1914) that he spent learning to trap from Dan Fletcher, a bachelor rancher who was had lost both feet to frostbite. Schulz talks about a Mr. Gray who trapped outside Edmonton using specially designed pit-traps for gray wolves. Schulz tells how he narrowly missed fighting during World War One, having been called to duty on November 7 and been released when the war ended on November 11, 1918. He recalls moving to Harlowton, Montana in 1937, where he and his wife began trapping to provide supplemental income until 1946. Schulz talks about returning to trapping in the early 1960s around the Big Hole and Grass Range regions with Ralph Hootan.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Trapping; Alberta, Canada; Rosebud River; Harlowton, Montana; Hudson Bay Fur Company of Calgary; Big Hole, Montana; Grass Range region, Montana; Trappers, Montana
Original Date
12-4-1980
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Fur Trappers Oral History Project, OH 099, 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 099-007
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (14 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:34:27 minutes
Local Filename
OH_099_007.mp3; OH_099_007.pdf
Citation
Schulz, Albert P., "Albert P. Schulz Interview, December 4, 1980" (1980). Fur Trappers Oral History Project. 6.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanafurtrappers/6