Walter Gnose interview, 1988 Feb. 20.

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Walter Gnose interview, 1988 Feb. 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70925501

Gnose recalls the history of Wise River and Coolidge, Mont., and responds to questions about William R. Allen, owner of the Elkhorn Mine at Coolidge. He talks about growing up in the grocery business in Anaconda and the effect of the Depression on his business.

1 sound cassette : analog + 1 transcript.

University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8045181

University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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Ore, August

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Gnose, Walter B., 1909-1989

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Allen, William R., 1871-1953

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William R. Allen was born July 25, 1871, in French Gulch, southwest of Anaconda, Montana. His father, William N. Allen, travelled to Alder Gulch from Missouri as a pioneer in January 1864. In 1865, he moved to the French Gulch placer mining district. Allen's mother, Cordelia Waddell Allen, died when William was a small boy. Since winters in French Gulch were especially severe, the family acquired a ranch at Mill Creek near what later became Anaconda. They spent the winters there cattle ranching ...