Interviewer
Lynne Van Sickle
Files
Description
Gertrude Rognlie talks about growing up in Somers, Montana, during the 1920s and 1930s. She recalls what it was like living in a company town and what happened to the town after the Somers Lumber Company closed. Rognlie discusses the impacts of the Hungry Horse Dam and Highway 93 on the town. She also mentions the bootlegging operations run by her neighbors during Prohibition. Rognlie also describes the different immigrants from Europe who came to Somers for work and how they adapted to life in Montana. She discusses moments from her childhood, including what her school experience was like and how she saw the families around her.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Montana history; Somers Lumber Company; Highway 93; Hungry Horse Dam; Somers, Montana; Sawmills, Montana; Economic migration; Prohibition; Immigration, Montana
Original Date
11-26-1994
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Communities Oral History Collection, 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 333-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (16 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:53:04 minutes
Local Filename
OH_333_001.mp3; OH_333_001.pdf
Citation
Rognlie, Gertrude, "Gertrude Rognlie Interview, November 26, 1994" (1994). Montana Communities Oral History Collection. 27.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtcommunities_oralhistory/27