Audio - Mr. Joe Logan gives his personal history touching on his family, working life, and interactions with a variety of early Athabasca area residents. Mr. Logan talks about freighting and the Hudson's Bay Store, as well as lumbering and cattle. He discusses Treaty Indians (First Nations), treaty money and how Chief Bigstone received his name. The Anglican Church and the Catholic Mission in Wabasca, along with mission schooling are also discussed (1:23:58 minutes)
Audio - Mr. Oscar Green gives a detailed account of life in Athabasca starting with his family's immigration from the United States in 1911. Mr. Green was a member of the Citizens Band and was also involved with Forrest Day's boxing promotion. His family owned an ice-cream parlour and Mr. Green recounts working there with his mother. Other jobs included: helping out the undertaker during the 1917 influenza epidemic, hauling coal for the Nye brothers, delivering bread for Johnston's Bakery, night clerking at the Grand Union Hotel and helping at J.A. Daigneau's Livery Barn. Mr. Green has many anecdotes, including Nellie McClung staying at the Union Hotel, tales of race horses, and catching bootleg whiskey while fishing (1:26:18 minutes)
