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Tom Gillespie

Tom Gillespie was born in 1953 and raised in Seward, Alaska. His father worked as a longshoreman and a logger. The family had a homestead on Old Exit Glacier Road and Clear Creek. Tom is an avid outdoorsman, climber, skier, and runner. He has worked as a hunting guide, in the construction industry, and as a heavy equipment operator. In the 1980s, he and his wife ran Creekside Cabins, a bread and breakfast accomodation in Seward.

Tom Gillespie appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Tom Gillespie, Part 1	Tom Gillespie was interviewed on April 11, 2010 by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at his home on Bear Lake in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, Tom talks about growing up in the Exit Glacier Road area, logging and sawmills, flooding at Clear Creek and Old Exit Glacier Road, the 1964 Earthquake, changes in wildlife populations, backcountry trails and running routes, the Mount Marathon race, and changes in Seward. He talks about skiing, hiking, climbing, camping, snowmachining, trapping and hunting in the Exit Glacier area, expeditions on the Harding Icefield, and changes in the glacier.	2010-05-04_PT.1	Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park	Apr 11, 2010
Tom Gillespie, Part 2	This is a continuation of an interview with Tom Gillespie by Don Callaway, Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster on April 11, 2010 at his home on Bear Lake in Seward, Alaska. In this part of the interview, Tom talks about changes in Seward, mining, trapping, hunting, fishing, other subsistence activities, skiing and climbing in the Exit Glacier area, and his thoughts on the establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park.	2010-05-04_PT.2	Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park	Apr 11, 2010