Interviewer
Ernest Kraft
Files
Description
Helen Hodges Bower discusses moving to Ravalli in 1909, the homesteaders coming in 1910, her life—going to school, what the winters were like, a few buildings—and what she remembers of her father’s buffalo. Bower and an unidentified male and female look through pictures, commenting on various people and what became of them. Bower continues to talk about her father, including his experiences with the buffalo and his relationship with the local Native Americans. Bower also discusses her marriages and how she found her birth family. She ends the interview by talking about how mountain sheep and whitetail deer were brought to the Bison Range.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
National Bison Range; Andrew Hodges; Ravalli, Montana; Homesteaders, Montana; Buffalo herds; Bison herds; Range management; Livestock management
Original Date
2-5-1965
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 149-004a
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 reel-to-reel: analog + 1 transcript (41 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:12:59 minutes
Local Filename
OH_149_004_a.mp3; OH_149_004_a.pdf
Citation
Bower, Helen, "Helen Hodges Bower Interview, February 5, 1965" (1965). National Bison Range Oral History Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nationalbisonrange_oralhistory/4