Interviewer
Ernest Kraft
Files
Description
George Odion recalls working as a railroad fireman to transport buffalo from the National Bison Range to Canada in 1909. He describes how bison were separated in the railcars by partitions to prevent them from injuring themselves and each other. Odion discusses the Great Fire of 1910, when he helped evacuate people out of Wallace and St. Regis by train. He talks about some of the people who lived in the Ravalli area and mentions the IWW strikes in Butte, Montana, which impacted the railroad business.
Clarence “Cy” Young is present during this interview, and contributes occasionally.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
National Bison Range; Bison transportation; Livestock transportation; Pablo-Allard bison herd; Great Northern Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Southern Pacific Railway; Forest fires; Great Fire, 1910; International Workers of the Word [IWW]; Labor strikes; Labor strikes, Butte; Pauline Creek
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 149-005d
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 reel-to-reel: analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:52:17 minutes
Local Filename
OH_149_005_d.mp3; OH_149_005_d.pdf
Citation
Odion, George, "George Odion Interview, circa 1965" (1965). National Bison Range Oral History Project. 10.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nationalbisonrange_oralhistory/10