Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dale Moberg

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dale Moberg (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dale Moberg started working in the park as an electrical linesman in 1955 and lived in the park from 1970 to 1980. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Anecdote about a caged bear; the early power grid system; changes to the Old Timer's cabin; mentions Paul Holland, Clarence Norby, Eddie Halberg, Al Burquist; working on the power and phone lines with only on the job training; anecdote about a small black box used to find short circuits; road, infrastructure and building improvements; equipment issues; employee morale; park or wilderness area issues; work load issues.

Dates

• 08/02/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Moberg, Dale
• interviewer: Thoma, Ben

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.40.11

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 6 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 15 minutes length

Subjects

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