Donald Peterson discusses grandparents' move to Montana from Minnesota; childhood in California during World War II; moving in 1947 to Kalispell; father's work at Zonolite; growing up by old screening mill building; father's work for J. Neils and St. Regis Companies; differences between Kalispell and Libby for children; Dunn Creek Nell, Popcorn Annie, and Tippy Tipman; Little League baseball in Libby; outdoor recreation; Zonolite dumping in Kootenia River; Libby Dam; St. John's Luthern Church; local politics; enviromental movement's impact on Libby; shut downs of W.R. Grace, St. Regis, ASARCO; air and water conditions; community access to vermiculite over the years; forest fires and forest health; National Guard and Green Beret training; mucking out mill and work in lab; safety issues; illness' of co-workers; playing in a band; efforts to start various small business' including forest fire clean up work; impact of Endangered Species Act on those efforts; and asbestosis in Libby. (OH 1996)
