Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Mike Holmes discusses growing up in Montana, and later, working for Shorty Koessler who owned the Intermountain Lumber Company. Mike and Sue discuss getting married in 1964 after finishing high school in Polson, Montana, then moving up to the Gordon Ranch near Ovando, Montana, where Mike worked as a forester. Sue talks about going to nursing school and her job working in the O.R. at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana. The Holmes recall farming for hay and their involvement in the Ovando community where they participated in trail rides and snowmobile excursions. They also describes the decline of the commercial timber industry in the 1980s. Mike and Sue conclude by discussing their restaurant, the Hungry Bear Steak House.
The few minutes of this interview contain personal identification information. This portion of the interview has been restricted from the audio and the transcript.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Swan Valley, Montana; Shorty Koessler; Intermountain Lumber Company; Polson, Montana; Gordon Ranch; Ranchers, Montana; Foresters; Logging; Smokejumping; U.S. Forest Service; Ovando, Montana; St. Patrick’s Hospital, Missoula, Montana; Nurses, Montana; Hungry Bear Steak House; Restaurants, Montana; Restaurant management
Original Date
8-27-2009
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, 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 422-207
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (18 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:58:26 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_207.mp3; OH_422_207.pdf
Citation
Holmes, Mike and Holmes, Sue, "Mike Holmes and Sue Holmes Interview, August 27, 2009" (2009). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 55.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/55