Interviewer
Diann E. Wiesner
Files
Description
Ole Bodin talks about mining for gold in Quartz Creek near Rivulet, Montana and how he and some of his fellow loggers moved to Montana after the Monroe, Washington logging camps closed. He goes on to discuss moving to Superior, Montana, and the odd jobs that he did including working for a road maintenance company between Superior and Missoula. Bodin describes the bootlegging that took place around St. Regis, the process of mining gold in Deep Creek, and resuming his work as a sawyer after World War Two. He recalls working during his later years as a ranch hand in Montana, and he compare his life in the United States to his life in Sweden before he emigrated.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Quartz Creek, Montana; Rivulet, Montana; Deep Creek, Montana; Logging, Washington; Gold mining, Montana; World War (1939-1945); Bootlegging, Montana; Superior, Montana; Sweden; Immigration, United States
Original Date
8-1-1978
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Ole Bodin Interviews Oral History Project, OH 041, 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 041-003
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (33 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:27:30 minutes
Local Filename
OH_041_003.mp3; OH_041_003.pdf
Citation
Bodin, Ole, "Ole Bodin Interview, August 1, 1978" (1978). Ole Bodin Interviews Oral History Project. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/olebodin_interviews/3