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William O'Leary

Tape #H96-48-01

Bill O'Leary sits at the kitchen table in the home of his niece Mary and her husband Frank Warren in Central, Alaska. He and his nephew, George O'Leary, pour over photographs from the Circle District Historical Society. With a drink in his hand he reminisces with his relatives and Pat Oakes about his early years and the many long years since. He speaks of freighting with dogs and trucks over the Steese Highway between Circle City and Fairbanks. This recording was conducted during the summer of 1984 on his last visit to Alaska before retiring in California.


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Bill O'Leary identifies photographs with Pat Oakes, Mary and Frank Warren, and George O'Leary....

1) Identifying photographs.
#2 Cacy\ Ford\ #83 Birch Creek Bridge\ Chatanika\ Munter|

2) Winter at Birch Creek.
#127 Roadhouse - Birch Creek\ surviving\ Knutsen, Big Nick\ food, CCC Camps\ Powers, Fred\ Sneider, Shorty\Carey, Jack\ chew snoose\ Roadhouse - Twelve Mile|

3) Birch Creek saw mill.
Carey, Jack\ shy\ #20 sawmill\ Birch Creek\ logging\ Six Mile Creek\ lumber\ raft logs\ Callahan\ Williams, Russ\ Olson, Manny\ Jewell, Wilbur\ Fairbanks\ mess hall\ bunk house\ Alaska Road Commission|

4) Mail freighting over Eagle Summit
#49 O'Leary, Bill\ O'Leary, Bill - sister\ Eagle Summit\ dog team\ #119 dog - team\ O'Leary, Maurice\ spring - weather\ tripod\ #117 Jewell\ O'Leary, George - mother\ sleds\ Mary Alice\ O'Leary, Elsie|

5) Mail dog freighting.
McManus Creek\ Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\ Van Guire, Ralph\ Sourdough pot\ dragging brakes\ #44 O'Leary, Bill\ O'Leary, Elsie\ #45 O'Leary, Maurice\ black snake whip|

6) Jack Bolton.
#125 Roadhouse - Faith Creek\ Bolton, Jack\ cabins\ Central\ 82 Mile\ 102 Mile\ Fairchild, Cliff\ #46 keg\ alcohol - consumption\ #13 Eagle Summit - climbing\ lead dog -- Yukon\ O'Leary, Maurice|

7) Old Timers.
#121 Sourdough Creek\ Helte, Dave\ Koyukuk\ Helte, Dave - brother\ death\Summit - Twelve Mile\ mining - drift\ Roman, Walter\ #17, #18 Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\ Gundy, RalphCentral\ Berry Co.\ Chatanika\ storytelling|

8) Identifying photos.
#120 Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\ Bolton, Jack\ #10 Ptarmigan Creek\ cabin - army\ #113 siphon lines\ Sourdough Creek|

9) Central Roadhouse.
#41 Porcupine\ Old Crow\ Ericksen, Riley\ boxes|

10) Identifying photos.
#72 Eagle Summit\ Richardson Highway\ #24 k-7\ Jewell, Walter\ freighting - equipment\ #25 Wrede Brothers\ dragline\ Roman, Walter\ Rivard, Jerry\ Deadwood|

11) George O'Leary stuck on Twelve Mile Summit.
#5 Twelve Mile\ Long Creek\ Road Commission\ hospitality\ Chatanika\ antler pile\ Stanley, Lou\ #23 Tacoma Library\ Berry Dredge\ Fairbanks Creek\ Bernard\ #17, #18 Road Commission|

12) Roadhouses.
#29 Roadhouse - Circle\ Roadhouse - Coal Creek\ Roadhouse - Woodchopper\ Roadhouse - Tanana\ Roadhouse - Central\ Roadhouse - Reed Creek\ Romaker, Mrs.\ Olson, Mrs.\ Joseph, Stanley\ motorcycle\ Bristow, Joe\ #28, #27|

13) Circle buildings.
Peterson, Iver\ Ft Yukon\ jail\ NAT\ Yukon Trading Post\ Owen, Ed\ #31 horses\ horses - hay\ hay - growing\ hay - racks|

14) Identifying photos.
Miller House\ #85, #36 O'Leary, Eddie\ Clum's Fork\ Roman, Walter\ Chatanika\ Cleary\ #40 FE Co\ Drift mine|

15) Dude Ranch at Circle Hot Springs.
#42 Stone Sam\ #58 breakup\ O'Leary, Maurice\ Jewell, Wilbur\ #54, #55 Oakes, Red\ Dude Ranch\ Circle Hot Springs\ horses|

16) Maurice O'Leary's horse teams.
Oakes, Red\ #60 Leach, Frank\ Cacy, Bob\ O'Leary, Maurice\ horse - team\ horse - Babe\ horse - Queen\ horses - acquiring\ FE Co.\ Davidson Ditch\ horses - uses\ Bartlett, Ed\ Jewell, Wilbur - mother|

17) Identifying photos.
#58 O'Leary, Maurice\ #56 Jewell, Wilbur\ Circle\ #108 Eagle Summit\ spring\ #70 Charcoal burner|

18) Logging in area.
#2 Jewell, Wilbur\ lumber\ Ulman, Louie\ O'Leary, Bill\ #11 k-7\ Jewell, Walter\ Jewell, Wilbur\ Boquist, Helge\ Joseph, Stanley\ Rasmussen, Ed\ wood - cutting\ Birch Creek|

19)Big Nick Knutsen.
#65 Knutsen, Big Nick\ Langlow, Jens\ flood\ gold -mining\ Switch Creek\ Roadhouse - Central\ Ericksen, Riley\ Bertoson, Gordon\ Ulm, Sam\ Williams, Red\ building - placement\ #12 flood\ #14 Zurik, Dr.\ O'Leary, George\ Eagle Creek\ Carstens, Heine|

20) Big Nick Knutsen continued.
Road Commission\ Carstens, Heine\ Knutsen, Big Nick\ #21 Circle\ Birch Creek\ Ferry\ Jewell, Wilbur\ Tyler, Vern

21) Identifying photos.
#15 Roman, Walter\ Harrington Fork\ #86 Fox\ Chatanika\ Hay Stack Mountain\ #43 Clum's Fork\ [Berton, Bob]\ O'Leary, Eddie|

22) Ferry at Birch Creek.
#107 Olson, Mrs.\Appelle, Henry Reiger\ Bolgen, John\ sawmill\ Jewell, Wilbur\ Roadhouse - Ferry\ garden\ sourdough|

23) Work.
#90 lumber\ #91 Sam, Stone\ #81 horses\ sled - double ended\ freight - hauling\ #87 Davidson Ditch|

24) Joe Bristow.
#139, #141, #144 Bristow, Joe\ dredge\ #75 Bolton, Jack\ Chatanika\ steamboat\ sleigh shed\ wagon shed|


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