Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Oliver "Ollie" Hill describes growing up on a homestead near Condon, Montana. He talks about his father, a Finnish immigrant who came to America to escape what Hill describes as serfdom in Finland at that time. Hill notes that, in addition to homesteading, his father worked in the Bonner Mill, trapped, and worked as a ranger for the U.S. Forest Service. Hill shares a number of childhood experience, including watching forest fires, particularly the Lion Creek fire of 1929, hunting and trapping, and celebrating the Fourth of July with other homesteader families. He also recalls how members of the Salish tribe would camp on his family’s property a couple weeks out of the year.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Condon, Montana; Swan Valley, Montana; Immigration, Montana; Bonner Mill, Montana; U.S. Forest Service; Rangers; Forest fires, Montana; Lion Creek Fire, 1929; Salish tribe, Montana; Homesteading, Montana
Original Date
6-19-1999
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 422-028, 029
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (17 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:04:55 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_028_029.mp3; OH_422_028_029.pdf
Citation
Hill, Oliver, "Oliver "Ollie" Hill Interview, June 19, 1999" (1999). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 8.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/8