Interviewer
Beth Hodder, Kjell Petersen
Files
Description
Daniel Yuhas talks of his parents being lookouts in 1947 on Desert Mountain when he was in diapers at eight months old. Dan recalls his father’s long Forest Service career with the Glacier View Ranger District, Flathead National Forest, including playing at the Big Creek Ranger Station, fishing the North Fork Flathead River, and going to school in Hungry Horse, Montana. Dan tells of his wife, Jill Rocksund, and him volunteering on Cooney and Firefighter lookouts, describes fires they witnessed, and talks about how current amenities make lookout life easier than when his parents staffed Desert Mountain Lookout. Dan discusses what he thinks a person considering becoming a lookout might find important to help determine if lookout life is a good choice.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
8-25-2023
Time Period
Twentieth century; Twenty-first 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 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 453-028
Media Type
Moving Image; Sound; Text
Digital Format
video/mp4; audio/m4a; application/pdf; text/plain
Run Time
00:57:24 minutes
Local Filename
OH_453_028.mp4; OH_453_028.m4a; OH_453_028.pdf; OH_453_028.srt
Citation
Yuhas, Daniel, "Daniel Yuhas Interview, August 25, 2023" (2023). Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project. 28.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nwmt-ffla/28