Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Don Wilson

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Don Wilson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Don Wilson was a forester. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The general topic was his experience as a forester. Career in forestry; exposure to Itasca; limit line for deer; ranger meetings; telephone lines; Frank Pugh and others; Douglas Lodge; Milo Stillwell; getting into forestry; Grover Conzet; split between parks and forestry; changes in forestry; CCC/TRA camps; George Wilson; Pageants; logging and the railroads; forestry acquaintances; impressions of Itasca; visiting as a child; protecting the park from fire; deer; CCC and forestry. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Judge Hella was also present for this interview.

Dates

• 08/10/1993 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Wilson, Don
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.26

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project' <OH 102>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 8 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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