Interviewer
Beth Hodder, Kjell Petersen
Files
Description
Gene Miller’s third interview follows his many years of fire experiences, from harrowing lightening strikes around and beneath his lookout that sparked fires to winds rocking the lookout, to large hail storms. He watched first from several lookouts during several years with many large fires, including a powerline fire that hit Patty Canyon, and a smokejumper whose joke to a firefighter resulted in an arson fire that burned Hellgate. He also experienced snowstorms and being evacuated from Diablo Lookout with a truck whose battery had died. He begins with stories from his childhood in the Swan Valley and 40 degree below zero weather.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Swan Valley, Montana; Priscilla Peak Lookout; Slide Rock Lookout; Mormon Peak Lookout; Blue Mountain Lookout; Mt. Sentinel Lookout; Diablo Lookout; Elk Summit cabin; Northern lights; Comets; Perseids; Space stations; Leif Haugen; Lightening; Large fires; St. Elmo’s Fire; Snowstorms; School teachers
Original Date
3-4-2021
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project, OH 453, 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 Northwest Montana Lookout Association. 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 453-014
Media Type
Moving Image; Sound; Text
Digital Format
video/mp4; application/pdf; text/plain
Run Time
01:19:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_453_014.mp3; OH_453_014.pdf; OH_453_014.srt
Citation
Miller, A. Eugene, "Gene Miller Interview, March 4, 2021" (2021). Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project. 14.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nwmt-ffla/14