Interviewer
Edd Nentwig
Files
Description
Tex Baker talks about his first trapping experiences in the Seeley Lake country, including one of his best years of trapping. He explains how he made his own snow shoes to traverse the mountains and creeks. He talks about his relationship with the game wardens of the area, including Harry Morgan. Baker describes Morgan’s background as an outlaw, who ran with a “wild bunch” throughout the area. Baker describes the process he went through to care for his furs and sell them to companies around Missoula and Swan Valley. He also talks about the differences between when he was trapping for a living and the current state of trapping at the time. Baker explains that the wildlife has been depleted so badly that there is no future for trapping as a profession.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Seeley Lake; Trapping; Coyote trapping; Game wardens; Harry Morgan, Montana; Swan Valley, Montana; Furriers; Trappers, Montana
Original Date
12-19-1981
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 099-009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (23 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:54:41 minutes
Local Filename
OH_099_009.mp3; OH_099_009.pdf
Citation
Baker, Clarence "Tex", "Tex Baker Interview, December 19, 1981" (1981). Fur Trappers Oral History Project. 8.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanafurtrappers/8