Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lyle Colligan

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lyle Colligan (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Lyle Colligan was under-sheriff of Clearwater County. He started his career as a security guard at Itasca State Park. He was born and raised in the Itasca Park area. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Law enforcement in the park in the 1960s; anecdotes about their equipment, an accident investigation, an accidental dip in the sewer and a Hell's Angel visit; the use of the park by fugitives from the Twin Cities; current commitment of park officials to law enforcement; comments on the people of the park.

Dates

• 08/30/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Colligan, Lyle
• interviewer: Thoma, Ben

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.40.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 4 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 10 minutes length

Subjects

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