Interviewer
Teresa Lewis
Files
Description
Carley Cromwell talks about her time as a lookout in Montana for the U.S. Forest Service. Cromwell recalls working as a lookout in 1949 with her husband and one-year-old child. She remembers the types of food that were available to her as well as the time commitment, describing the daily monotony of being on duty continuously with only her husband to relieve her. She reflects the worst fires she experienced and details the processes by which she watched and reported those fires.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Forest fires; U.S. Forest Service; Fire lookouts; Fire season, Montana; Strawberry Lookout; Electrical storms; Montana wilderness; Fire lookouts, Isolation
Original Date
5-23-1983
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Women on Lookouts Oral History Project, OH 174, 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 174-002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (14 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:41:41 minutes
Local Filename
OH_174_002.mp3; OH_174_002.pdf
Citation
Cromwell, Carley, "Carley Cromwell Interview, May 23, 1983" (1983). Women on Lookouts Oral History Project. 2.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/womenlookouts_oralhistory/2