Interviewer
Ernest Kraft
Files
Description
Gus Kroll talks about moving to Montana from Texas and homesteading near Moiese. He describes working on the National Bison Range for director Andrew Hodges. Kroll recalls the communities Dixon and Moiese, Montana, prior to the 1940s, and his efforts to help the townspeople build schools and other buildings. He talks about his dislike of Frank Rose, who replaced Andrew Hodges as director of the Range in the 1920s. Kroll briefly describes the horses they used on the Range, the management of the fences and herds, building roads, and Hodges’ philosophy that the Range should be maintained like a park.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
National Bison Range; Moiese, Montana; Dixon, Montana; Range management; Homesteaders, Montana; Andrew Hodges; Frank H. Rose; Buffalo herds; Bison herds; National Bison Range management; Livestock management
Original Date
1965
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
National Bison Range Oral History Project, OH 149, 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 149-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 reel-to-reel: analog + 1 transcript (25 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:59:49 minutes
Local Filename
OH_149_001.mp3; OH_149_001.pdf
Citation
Kroll, Gus, "Gus Kroll Interview, circa 1965" (1965). National Bison Range Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nationalbisonrange_oralhistory/1