No, a lot of the exhibits were taken out by the 1970s.
Is that right?
There is one sitting in the Fire Hall now that I hope will find its place (22).
Were there any major controversies involving seasonals during the year you worked in the park?
If there were, I was certainly not aware of it. I do know there were the usual complaints when they had the Messhall going. A lot of the guys would complain about the food. But being a product of the Depression and having served in the Marine Corps during World War II and Korea, you know, the food was great to my way of thinking. I didn’t have any complaints, but it’s relative to a person’s experience and background.
What was the general feeling toward further development by the concession? Was there opposition among the seasonal employees to the idea of moving park headquarters to the south boundary?
I remember that thrust by the concessionaire, [Jim] Griffin and [Ralph] Peyton (23). In all honesty, speaking for myself, I was very anti-concessionaire, probably to the point of being rabid on the subject. I remember the talk of moving the facilities to the south, to the panhandle of the park. I recall Peyton, primarily, wanting to make further incursions on the lake. Bigger boats. I’m sure he was an advocate of that tramway, wanting to manage Mazama Campground, different things of that nature. The trip around the lake. That was it. The bus from Medford no longer took that. He acquired a limousine or something of that nature and had one of his own employees do the interpretive service, as I recall. So there was that continual looking at possibilities of creating more revenue. Of course, that’s what he was there for, is to make money.
