Hazel Frost Oral History Interview
This is an oral history Interview with Hazel Frost, wife of W. T. (Jack) Frost ranger at Crater Lake from 1936 to 1943. Interview data is August 4, 1987.
My name is Hazel Frost. Our first move to Crater Lake was in 1936. Jack went up in February but I waited until after the baby was born and he was born in April. I came up in June, moving to a log cabin with a new baby. It was some rather primitive conditions compared to what I was used to. A wood stove to cook on and DC electricity only. So if we went out and got the motor started on time, we had lights for the evening.
There were two houses in the same neighborhood. We lived at Annie Spring in a log cabin. (1). There were two others there for permanent people but not occupied at that time, I think. Later on the Finches moved to the big house (2). The Ordwines were in the little house on the canyon (3). Peter and Becky were never in that house I think. Anyway they came after the Ordwines, I think.
The second permanent ranger was Breynton Finch. You were [ she is talking to her husband Jack] the first permanent under Chief Crouch. Then George and Helen Fry came up about that same time. I don’t know the exact data. So there were three permanent rangers in addition to the Chief. Then, of course, the summer rangers. You didn’t have much to do with the ranger naturalist, even though that is what you would have preferred. [ Jack responds]: Yes.
