Jerry Koski oral history interview
| Title: | Jerry Koski oral history interview. |
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| Name(s): |
Koski, Jerry, creator Kasper, Karen, creator Ontonagon County Historical Society, contributor |
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| Type of Resource: | sound recording-nonmusical | |
| Date Created: | 2022-07-15 | |
| Physical Form: | Oral histories (literary works) | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Abstract/Description: | Jerry Koski was born in Iron River, Michigan in 1941. He moved to Ontonagon, Michigan to work for the US Forest Service in 1973. Koski ran a small business that built log homes and saunas from 1975 to 2022. He discusses how the business got started and the history of woodworking in his family. Another major topic is his career as a surveyor for the US Forest Service. Koski describes his work retracing the original 1840s and 1850s surveys of the western Upper Peninsula, early surveying methods, discovering which surveyors were accurate and which were crooked, and how surveying technology changed over the course of his career. | |
| Note(s): |
This item is a community donation unaffiliated with any heritage organization. The interview was conducted at the community digitization event held in Ontonagon in July 2022. The event was sponsored by the Ontonagon County Historical Society and the Michigan Humanities Council. |
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| Subject(s): |
Surveying Carpentry Ontonagon (Mich.) |
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| Restrictions on Access: | In copyright (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) | |
| Is Part Of: | Jerry Koski oral history and photographs. Identifier: CD-003 | |
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