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Bob Redding

Tape #95-51-01

Bob Redding sits at his kitchen table in his retirement home located in Sequim, Washington. During June of 1983 he recorded his response to a letter and list of suggestions sent to him by Pat Oakes, then current archivist of Circle District Historical Society Museum. Although he spent close to fifty years in various parts of Alaska he spoke with deep warmth and affection about his time at Circle Hot Springs. In the spring of 1935, Bob attempted to hike from Chatanika to Circle Hot Springs where he and his family worked for the summer. He vividly recalls places along the trail and people who lived and worked there.


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Bob Redding in his own recording speaks about...

1) Introduces himself.
testing machine\ Redding, Bob\ moving out of Alaska - reasons\ Barrow\ Lake homestead\ Circle Hot Springs\ moving around Alaska\ Redding, Bob - wife\ Peg\ nurse|

2) Introduces himself continued.
Redding, Bob - jobs\ Alaska license plates\ Wartes, Rev. William\ Wartes, Rev. - leaving Alaska\ wage earning\ writing\ Circle Hot Springs\ Central|

3) Willard Hansen mail carrier.
hike\ Foster, Harris \ Taylor, Bill\ Chatanika\ Redding, Bob - step father\ Hansen, Willard\ mail carrier\ Chatanika to Circle\ Root, Billy\ freight\ horses\ cost\ walking\ calluses\ blizzard\ Twelve Mile Summit\ Eagle Summit\ airplane - arrival|

4) Hike from Chatanika to Circle Hot Springs.
Foster, Harris\ Taylor, Bill\ walk\ Young, Ed\ Circle Hot Springs\ Miller House\ O'Leary, Maurice\ Redding, Bob -- mother\ Redding, Bob -- half brother\ Hartley\ Eagle Summit|

5) Hike continued.
Twelve Mile\ roadhouse - beds\ roadhouse - food\ roadhouse - cost\ Eagle Summit\ Miller House\ O'Leary, Maurice\ Circle Hot Springs\ Redding, Bob - mother\ Redding, Bob - half brother\ cabin - Circle Hot Springs\ Redding, Bob - step father\ telephone lineman\ advance of technology\ jobs|

6) Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Springs - vacation atmosphere\ Redding, Bob - marriage\ Tripp, Jack\ Cacy, Bob\ Berdahl , Johnny\ Miller, Bob\ Leach, Frank\ general store\ Post Office\ roadhouse\ meals - family style\ garden\ heat - hot water|

7) Summer of 1935 at Circle Hot Springs.
Redding, Bob - job\ kitchen\ washing dishes\ vegetables - peeling\ beets\ Oakes, Pat\ Ames, Charlotte\ Springbed, Dorothy - sister\ Ames, Charlotte - brother\ Bredlie, Oscar\ freighting|

8) Summer of 1935 continued.
family stayed\ Burnes - family\ McDonald, Colin - family\ Washburn, Alva\ Medicine Lake|

9) Medicine Lake.
Medicine Lake - camping\ cabin\ hospitality - cabin\ ratting canoe\ mosquitoes\ Washburn, Alva\ crosswind\ canoe tipped over|

10) Hiking around the area.
MacDonald, Colin\ hiking\ magazines\ prospecting\ hospitality - cabin\ airplanes\ caribou\ Washburn, Alva|

11) US Mail.
mail truck\ Circle Hot Springs\ mail day\ store\ Bredlie, Oscar\ Post Office\ Smith, Morrie\ Circle\ Central\ sealed pouch|

12) Hiking Circle Hot Springs to Central.
Bredlie, Oscar\ Circle Hot Springs\ remember with pleasure\ Central\ Foster, Harris\ Taylor, Bill\ Redding, Bob - dog\ Tige\ Central Chatanika\ correspondence\ cow moose|

13) Tige, Bob's dog.
Redding, Bob - dog\ hunting\ Circle Hot Springs\ porcupine quills\ porcupine quills - removing|

14) Activities at Circle Hot Springs.
Washburn, Alva\ MacDonald, Colin\ hiking\ swimming\ pools\ woman's pool - peeking\ reading\ Chatanika|

15) Chatanika.
Cacy, Bob\ Chatanika\ Ohman, Louie\ Halloween Party\ people\ Morris' - boys\ Matsons\ Matsons - girls\ Cleary\ Chatanika's names\ read|

16) Activities at Circle Hot Springs.
read\ hike\ Circle Hot Springs - library\ medical books\ Circle Hot Springs - lodge\ bar\ Hupprich, Fred\ celebration - Labor Day\ Olson, Ruth and Roy \ Olson, Ruth - daughters|

17) Description of Circle Hot Springs Hotel.
Hotel - fountain\ Hotel - rooms\ Hotel - stairwell\ Hotel - dining room\ Hotel - kitchen\ Hotel - windows\ Leach, Mr.\ Leach, Mrs.\ Hotel - upstairs\ swallows\ nests|

18) Description of Circle Hot Springs Hotel continued.
Hotel - upstairs rooms\ Hotel - bathrooms\ heat - hot water\ winter - warm|

19) Heating with hot water.
Lake Minchumina - writing\ Holmes, Bill\ electricity\ heat - hot water\ Circle Hot Springs\ summer - cook stove\ meals|

20) People at Circle Hot Springs.
families\ single men\ weekend parties\ Ames, Charlotte\ Alaskan people\ miners\ gold rush\ independent people\ earning living|

21) People at Circle Hot Springs continued.
taxes\ people affecting outcome\ independent people\ politicians\ earning living|

22) Lovely atmosphere at Circle Hot Springs.
loner\ families\ Circle Hot Springs\ relaxed atmosphere|

23) Lovely atmosphere continued.
Leach, Frank\ Leach, Mrs.\ pay when can\ hospitality\ no drinking\ music\ pleased|

24) Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Springs\ Circle\ Central\ Ericksen, Riley\ Ohman, Louie\ roadhouse|

25) Closing.
Oakes, Pat\ Alaskan towns\ Museum\ highway\ people affecting outcome|


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