Interviewer
Jane Reed Benson
Files
Description
Marion Duncan discusses his various occupations with the United States Forest Service, mainly as it pertained to the Nine Mile Remount Depot Station. He describes working in the warehouse where many supplies for firefighting were stored, the construction of the Nine Mile Remount Depot Station in 1930, techniques for loading and hauling mules, and changes to the Depot Station over time. Duncan also discusses driving stock trucks, the designing of the trucks, and how the trucks ran and were operated. He describes how the use of airplanes and smokejumping replaced the use of mules in fighting fires.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
United States Forest Service; Firefighting; Stock trucks; Civilian Conservation Corps; Smokejumping; Ninemile Remount Depot (Mont.)
Original Date
7-25-1977
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Ninemile Remount Depot Oral History Project, OH 086, 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 086-004, 005
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (45 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:58:34 minutes
Local Filename
OH_086_004_005.mp3; OH_086_004_005.pdf
Citation
Duncan, Marion and Duncan, Beulah, "Marion Duncan and Beulah Duncan Interview, July 25, 1977" (1977). Ninemile Remount Depot Oral History Project. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ninemileremountdepot/3