Arlene Bell speaks with Laurel Tyrrell
about...
1)
Coming to Alaska.
Bell, Arlene - early life\ coming to Alaska - reasons\
homesteading\ Central - reasons coming\ Fairbanks\ Chicken\
Eagle|
2)
Getting prepared to move to
Alaska.
travel - vehicles\ moving - preparations\ Bell, Arlene -
children\ bulk food\ Bell, Arlene - husband\ wage
earning|
3)
Arlene's five sons.
Bell, Arlene - sons\ children's - ages\ animals\ rabbits\
spruce hens\ snares\ home school|
4)
First winter in Central,
1968.
wanigan\ hospitality - teaching newcomers\ Jewell, Wilbur\
keeping warm\ house construction\ felt liners\ canvas boots\
Crow, Lucy|
5)
First winter in Central
continued.
Central - population\ hospitality - helping out\ Kennedy,
Tom\ Albert Creek\ drinking water\ Riddle, Roy\
roadhouse|
6)
Moving to 40 Mile. (forty miles upriver from
Circle).
Bergeson, Andy\ Bergeson, Andy - wife\ celebration -
Christmas\ celebration - New Years\ hospitality - helping
out\ Jewell, Wilbur\ Bell, Arlene - husband\ wage earning\
Bertoson, Gordon\ boat\ O'Leary, George\ camping\ 40 Mile\
fish camp\ cabin - fire|
7)
Life at 40 Mile.
cabin - building\ wood - hauling\ dog team\ home school\
Gelvin, Ed\ supplies\ Fairbanks\ Pierce's General Store\
trapline\ Bell, Arlene - sons\ Bell, Arlene - husband\ fish
- dried|
8)
Fishing at 40 Mile.
fish - learning\ Bertoson, Gordon\ fish wheel\ nets\ fish -
cutting\ wheelbarrow\ fish - drying\ fish - Chumfish\ King
Salmon\ fish - smoked\ fish - canned\ fish - income
earning|
9)
Leaving 40 Mile.
BLM\ lawn\ garden\ agency - asking to move\ breakup - flood\
Bell, Arlene - husband\ Bell, Arlene - sons\ boat\ Coal
Creek\ Vogler, Joe\ Woodchopper\ moving -
reasons|
10)
Living at Woodchopper.
track vehicle\ barge\ boat\ Woodchopper\ flood - salvage\
cabin - Patty's Palace\ wood - cutting|
11)
Living at Coal Creek.
insulating cabin\ Coal Creek\ wage earning - cook\ Bell,
Arlene - sons\ Richard\ David\ Bell, Arlene - husband\ wage
earning - cat skinner\ moving - reasons\ Central\ homestead\
cabin|
12)
Leaving the river.
river - reasons living there\ beautiful\ earning
living|
13)
Wages.
wage earning - Fairbanks\ Wilde, Jim\ Wilde, Lori \ Letter
Shop\ traveling - Outside|
14)
Flood in cabin.
Cabin - flood\ Trapline Chatter\ boots\ supplies sent\
Gelvin, Ed\ airdrop\ booze\ flood - salvage\ cache\
electrical wire|
15)
Drinking water at 40
Mile.
water - hauling\ ice chopping\ dog team\ water - settling
silt\ stream|
16)
Gardens Arlene had.
40 Mile - garden\ fish - fertilizer\ 40 Mile - greenhouse\
Woodchopper - greenhouse\ water - pump\ water - tank\ Coal
Creek - greenhouse\ Coal Creek - garden\ bought plants\
water - pumps|
17)
Food for Coal Creek.
airdrop\ Coal Creek\ food - ordering\ Booth, Del\ Fairbanks\
airplane\ Quality Meat\ Safeway\ food - bulk|
18)
Coal Creek camp.
good food\ crew\ cook\ pranks\ stove - coal\ stove - cook
range\ Fort Worth|
19)
Coal Creek camp
continued.
stove - cook range\ crew - size\ kitchen - machinery\ stove
- propane\ electricity|
20)
Picking berries.
berry - picking\ berry - location\ cranberries\ bears\
blueberry\ 40 Mile\ Bell, Arlene - sons\ berry - location\
cranberry - cooking\ Woodchopper\ mushrooms\ Coal Creek\
raspberry|
21)
Running a dog team.
Bell, Arlene - husband\ dog team - transportation\ snow
machine\ Bell, Arlene - sons\ dog team - use\ school work\
dog team - wood hauling\ dog team - water hauling\
Woodchopper\ Swede\ dog team - visiting neighbors\ toboggan\
dog team - drag\ dog team - size|
22)
Running a dog team
continued.
dog team - wearing bunny boots\ brakes\ canvas boots\
snowshoes\ Bell, Arlene - sons\ dog team - obeying\ dog team
- size\ dog team - individual dogs|
23)
Running a dog team
continued.
dog team - dog breed|
24)
Wage earning.
wage earning - jobs\ Central\ Circle\ Bell, Arlene - jobs\
Circle Hot Springs - cook\ Bell, Arlene - husband\ seasonal
employment\ Riddle's\ roadhouse\ Pierce, Frank\ Pierce, Vi\
Pierce's store|
25)
Wage earning
continued.
Circle District Historical Society Museum\ Circle Hot
Springs\ wage earning - house keeping\ Oakes,
Pat|
26)
Living on the river.
river - reasons living there\ beautiful\ travel - river\
travel - summer\ river - changes\ sunset\
sunrise|
27)
Living on the river
continued.
winter - daylight\ river - people living there\ Swede\
Charley River\ roadhouse\ home school\ learning
English|
28)
Neighbors at Coal
Creek.
Swede - women\ berry - picking\ garden\ greenhouse\
knitting\ yarn\ King Salmon - Swedish recipe\ pancakes -
Swedish|
29)
Neighbors continued.
Swede - men\ dog team - trapping\ cultural\ neighbors\
Straub, Fronzie\ Straub, Bill\ 14 Mile|
30)
People floating River.
Spokane\ family - floating\ death - physical illness\
medical help - options\ Zurik, Doctor\ emergency\ Zurik, Dr.
- teaching|
31)
People floating River
continued.
medical help - options\ different rafts\ fish wheel\
hospitality - helping out|
32)
People going upriver.
boat\ hospitality - helping out\ Bell, Arlene - husband\
preparedness\ Mercury\ hospitality - exchange\
neighborliness|
33)
Leaving cabin open for people to
use.
hospitality - cabin use\ German\ visiting\ fish -
preservation|
34) A
negative experience.
Bell, Arlene - sons\ fish wheel\ Bell, Arlene - husband\
Ray\ hospitality - abuse\ property -
permission|
35)
Another negative
experience.
Bell, Arlene - husband\ Bell, Arlene - son\ hospitality -
abuse\ dog team - individual dog\ bluff|
36)
Circle Hot Springs.
Circle Hot Spring - gardens\ Circle Hot Springs -
greenhouse\ Hotel\ Motel\ underground refrigerator\ cabins\
Berdahl, Johnny\ pool\ Circle Hot Springs -
current|
37)
Circle Hot Springs
continued.
Circle Hot Springs - general store\ Circle Hot Springs -
Post Office\ Leach, Emma\ Reiter, Jim\ Circle Hot Springs -
small shops\ Circle District Historical Society Museum\
nursing\ illness\ closing|
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