Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Milo Stillwell

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Milo Stillwell (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Milo Stillwell grew up in Itasca and worked at Wegmann's store and the post office. He was a lumberman. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The main topic was his experiences growing up in Itasca in the early 1900s. Personal background; father's arrival in Itasca; first home; working at Wegmann's and keeping the post office; fire break; LaSalle Trail - the bear; McMullen cabin; moving their home; going to school; seeing his first car; logging camps and the log drive; working for logging camps - George Wilson; working as a steam hauler; Nicollet Cabin; meeting his wife; Wegmann - the store, the people; memories of the park; people of the park, including Rust and Heinzelman; Middlewest Cabin and others; father's work as park superintendent; elk; fire; road work; tree planting; life in the park; pioneer cemetery; digging for artifacts; University Station; his brother; working in the logging camps; the drives; headwaters; park visitors; getting supplies; his father's retirement from being superintendent; reflections on damming the lake; bear; reflecting on the early life in Itasca; school; first ride in a car; helping at University Station; Heinzelman, Wegmann and McMann; Korth; Sauers and other settlers; community activities; religion; Halloween; final thoughts; Land of the Bustihagan; preacher's convention.

Dates

• 08/02/1993 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Stillwell, Milo
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.24

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 51 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 150 minutes length

Subjects

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