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About the Crater Lake NP Oral
History Series
Interviewer: John Morrison,
Crater Lake National Park Historian
Interview
Location and Date:
Jacksonville, Oregon, August 25, 1987
Transcription:
Transcribed by Cheryl Ryan, August 1997
Biographical
Summary (from the interview introduction)
Doug and Sadie Roach were among the
first individuals contacted by my predecessor when he began this oral history
project which has stretched over the past decade. The Roaches lived at
Crater Lake almost eight years (1934 to 1942) and, in the following interview
provide some insights into what it was like being among the first people
stationed at the park year round. After the war, Mr. Roach became a
manager for Bear Creek Corporation and the couple remained in the Rogue Valley
until 1994. It was just prior to their relocating in Minnesota that I had
the pleasure of talking with him over the telephone.
Materials
Associated with this interview on file at the
Dick Brown library at Crater Lake National
Park's Steel Visitor Center
taped interview;
Mrs. Roach
died earlier this year, but Mr. Roach wanted to bring this interview to final
form and was kind enough to assist with editing. Related newspaper
articles, as well as my notes from our 1994 conversation, are in the park’s
history files.
To the reader:
Doug and Sadie Roach were among the
first individuals contacted by my predecessor when he began this oral history
project which has stretched over the past decade. The Roaches lived at
Crater Lake almost eight years (1934 to1942) and, in the following interview
provide some insights into what it was like being among the first people
stationed at the park year round. After the war, Mr. Roach became a
manager for Bear Creek Corporation and the couple remained in the Rogue Valley
until 1994. It was just prior to their relocating in Minnesota that I had
the pleasure of talking with him over the telephone.
The following transcription is from a
taped conversation which took place more than ten years ago. Mrs. Roach
died earlier this year, but Mr. Roach wanted to bring this interview to final
form and was kind enough to assist with editing. Related newspaper
articles, as well as my notes from our 1994 conversation, are in the park’s
history files.
Stephen R. Mark
(Crater Lake
National Park Historian)
October 1997
