Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Don Benson

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Don Benson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Don Benson was born in 1908 in Missouri. Don had lived in Talmoon, Minnesota since 1917. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life; coming to Minnesota; early days of logging near Talmoon; Slash and burn State law; camps in the area; hunting; old time camp bosses; railroads; Craig and Effie; Chippewa National Forest; camps around the Marcell township; various camps and loggers; selling alcohol to Native Americans; Chief Moose Moo; Chief Busti Coggins; dairy cows; fox hides; hunting deer; his wife and family; the source of the Mississippi.

Dates

• 02/05/1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Benson, Don

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Forest History Oral History Project' <OH 142>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 36 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:31:37 running time

Subjects

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