Photograph of three people involved in the Hebgen Lake earthquake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1960.
Dates
Date Taken
1960
Summary
Index card: This photograph, taken in 1960, shows three of the people who were involved in the Hebgen Lake earthquake. On the left is a gentleman whose name I cannot recall but who was camped in the Bear Creek Campground and was one of the few who alerted many of the campers in that general area that an earthquake had occurred. The man in the center is George Hungerford, foreman of the dam, who figured so prominently in many of the stories involving Hebgen Dam. The man on the right is Witkind, U.S. Geological Survey geologist. Dog is "Tawny", Witkind's dog. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Summary
Index card: This photograph, taken in 1960, shows three of the people who were involved in the Hebgen Lake earthquake. On the left is a gentleman whose name I cannot recall but who was camped in the Bear Creek Campground and was one of the few who alerted many of the campers in that general area that an earthquake had occurred. The man in the center is George Hungerford, foreman of the dam, who figured so prominently in many of the stories involving Hebgen Dam. The man on the right is Witkind, U.S. Geological Survey geologist. Dog is "Tawny", Witkind's dog. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Witkind, I.J. Collection.
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