Scope and Contents TOPIC:  Brothers interviewed about their childhood in Meeteetsee.  Their father homesteaded on land adjacent to the Phelps Ranch (Pitchfork Ranch?).  Family moved to Cody, and descriptions of their home near Beck Lake are given, and of going to public school in Cody.  A big moment in Russell’s life was being one of two children to open the curtain on the Robert Lindneux painting of “ Buffalo Bill’s Duel with Hay-O-Wei in July, 1876.”  Loch Crane also talks about sailing at San Diego, and...

Scope and Contents TOPIC:  The life of Ursula Kepler.  Active in riflery in Jr. High and High School.  Talks about horses, dancing, her nursing career, work as a teacher for children as a Red Cross instructor, providing music, art, swimming classes, work with the Girl Scouts, her family life (info on her artist brother, Manewal), her travels around the world, and her poetry.Digital Collections -...

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TOPIC:  Growing up in rural Fremont County; farming on the Wind River Indian Reservation; ranching and outfitting.

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TOPIC:  Career ranger who worked in the field and in administration in YNP.  Elk-trapping, tranquilizing and re-locating bears, fire management, Fires of ’88.

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TOPIC:  Career Yellowstone ranger who worked in many parts of the park.  Topics of discussion include fire management, horn-hunting and poaching on the north boundary and the introduction of snowmobiles to YNP.

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TOPIC:  Lewis Lake Ranger with more than 30 years’ experience in Yellowstone National Park.  Topics include water rescues and drownings on Lewis and Shoshone Lakes, and the fires of ’88.

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TOPIC: Personal account of relations with Crow nation.

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TOPIC: Wyoming state representative and senator for Park County.

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Scope and Contents TOPIC:  A son of Swedish immigrants, Dick Jones became involved in the trucking business during the Depression.  He eventually owned his own freight line operating out of Powell and had a political career as mayor of the city as well as state legislator.  He ran for governor but lost the election in 1974.  Dick Jones Trucking is still a family business.Digital Collections -...

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TOPIC:  Retired Yellowstone National Park ranger.  Topics include growing up in Fromberg, Montana;  Prior Mountains; early years on Blister Rust Crews.