Interviewer
Kim Maynard
Files
Description
Craig Boesel discusses his career as a smokejumper, which started in 1966 and lasted until 1980, with two years off in 1975 and 1976 when he worked as the Assistant Fire Manager Officer of the Twisp Ranger District in Washington State. Boesel talks about the early history of the Northern Cascades Smokejumper Base in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He shares stories of getting hung up in trees, working rescue jumps, and enduring difficult packouts. Boesel contrasts being a smokejumper in Washington, where he mostly worked, to his time jumping in eastern states like Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as his two summers in Alaska.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumpers Washington (State) Biography; Smokejumping Washington (State) History; Mount Baker, Washington; Twisp Ranger District; Northern Cascades Smokejumper Base
Original Date
6-6-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Collection, OH 133, 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 Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use of this item. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 133-004
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (69 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (26 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:33:28 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_004.mp3; OH_133_004.pdf
Citation
OH 133-004Boesel, Craig, "Craig Boesel Interview, June 6, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-004.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/33