Harold Eshelman interviews, 2001 Mar.-Apr.

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Harold Eshelman interviews, 2001 Mar.-Apr.

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Eshelman describes his fourteen years working for the U.S. Forest Service (1957-1971). He worked on ten-month contracts and never received permanent work. Eshelman's career began working on the Scott Mountain lookout in 1961. After the lookout position, Eshelman worked many different jobs for the Forest Service, including working on the brush crew and as recreational patrolman. He fought eighty-six fires in three different districts in the Boise National Forest (Landmark, Garden Valley and Idaho City) and the Donner Summit fire on the Nevada/California border.

Sound recordings : 2 cassettes.Transcript : 60 leaves.

Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061649

Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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