| Collection |
William H. Hall |
| Date |
c. 1960 |
| Description |
The Gillespie Gap Maintenance Crew and Ranger Staff , approximately 1960.
L-R back row: Gus "City Boy" Legustorm, Grady Webb (District Ranger), unknown behind him, William Wiseman, Hall Dale, Couch Burnett, Grandin Ford, Virgil McKinney, unknown, William Biddix, Claude Wiseman
L-R front row: Pete Stout, William Hall, Clyde McKinney, Mitchell Hobson |
| Notes |
Notes about the Gillespie Gap crew from William Hall:
Couch started working with a contractor and moved to the public roads. He was a truck driver and equipment operator.
Sam Garden was a tractor and mower operator. He was a seasonal employee and never worked permanent.
Pete Stout was hired from the outside and was a foreman for maintenance - a "mixed gang foreman"
Doyle Cline was a real fireman and worked as a ranger.
Sam McKinney started with the bureau of public roads and moved to the Park Service.
Virginal McKinny was a maintenance foreman.
Claude Wiseman was a construction foreman and directed the trail building and slope management.
Clyde McKinney was on the roadside cleanup. He was always the first man out and the last man in.
Raymond Woody was oringally a carpenter and came onto the maintenance crew.
Mitchell Hobson build rock fireplaces at the campgrounds.
Ernest Hayes worked the north end (the Blowing Rock Section). He left the Park Service and worked for a developer. |
| ID |
2003.2.2 |
| Title |
Gillespie Gap Maintenance Staff and Ranger Staff |
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