Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Warner Lundberg describes growing up in the west Condon area of the Swan Valley, Montana during the 1920s and 1930s. He discusses a large fire that burned some of his family’s homestead in 1929 and how Forest Service fire fighters were deployed the area to extinguish the fire. He recalls his experiences with the local Native Americans, including an incident in which six Native people were shot and killed by a game warden. Warner talks about working as a timber cruiser for the Northern Pacific Railway. He and his wife, Margaret, describe their experiences with wildlife in the area, including deer and bear populations, and they detail specific accounts of bears visiting their home. Margaret Lundberg discusses her tenure as a teacher at the Sentinel High School in Missoula. She recalls the lack of educational opportunities for children living in the Swan Valley and how they were bussed into Missoula for school. She also talks about her first impressions of the Swan Valley when she visited Warner’s family homestead before they married.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Homesteading; Condon, Montana; Seeley Lake; Northern Pacific Railway; Swan River Valley; Gordon Ranch; Wineglass Ranch; Haying; U.S. Forest Service; Forest fires; Wildlife; Wilderness conservation
Original Date
6-25-1998
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 422-027
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (32 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:01:33 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_027.mp3; OH_422_027.pdf
Citation
Lundberg, Warner and Lundberg, Margaret, "Warner Lundberg and Margaret Lundberg Interview, June 25, 1998" (1998). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 60.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/60