| Title |
Oral history interview with Courtland Nelson [Transcript and Audio] |
| Creator |
Nelson, Courtland; Bagley, Carly |
| Extent |
00:40:00 minutes; 14 leaves |
| Source Donors |
Nelson, Courtland |
| Date |
1974; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 2002; 2004; 2014; 2023-11-16 |
| Description |
Oral history of Courtland Nelson, dated 2023-11-16. Narrator summarized his long career in the Park Service in Utah, but primarily discussed his involvement in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. He touched on why the Utah games were unique/successful, especially pertaining to the geographic location. |
| Collection |
Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR) |
| Identifier |
POUR23_0098_001_Nelson_Courtland.pdf |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Subject |
Utah State University; Utah. Department of Natural Resources; Moving America, new directions, new opportunities; Minnesota. State Parks, Division of; Winter Olympic Games (19th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Winter Olympic Games (18th : 1998 : Nagano-shi, Japan); Media coverage of . . .; Entertainment events; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Missionaries; Language Translation Services; Høst family; Alpine skiing; Ice skating; Nordic skiing; Food; Housing; Housing development; Healthcare; Information technology; Transportation; Infrastructure; Economic development; Deer Creek Reservoir (Utah); Jordanelle Reservoir (Utah); Wasatch Mountain State Park (Utah); Utah State Parks; Rockport (Utah); Minnesota. State Parks, Division of; Minnesota; Midway (Utah); Park City (Utah); Heber City (Utah); Heber Valley (Utah); Wasatch County (Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Other Subject |
Topics include attending graduate school at Utah State University; being a young newlywed; working for the Department of Natural Resources at Wasatch Mountain State Park, State Parks Office and Rockport State Park; working and living in Arizona; returning to Utah as the State Parks Director for eleven years and living in Heber Valley; moving back to hometown in Minnesota and working for the Minesota State Parks for ten years, returning to Utah and home in Midway; price of homes increasing; caring for extended family; Open Space Committee; Soldier Hollow; hosting 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Utah; Heber Valley; needing a site for Nordic events; 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan; developing Soldier Hollow as an Olympic venue; media coverage; Cooperative weather; Western United States lanscapes; land management; Tribal Nations; Bison; enertainment; music; activities; Western themed food; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; language translation; host families; Norwegian Ski Team; volunteer certification; Olympic officials; The Oval, Ice events; speed skatin; hockey; Olypic Park; Olympic Legacy Foundation; 2034 Winter Olympic Games; Alpine events; skiing; transportation; trains; busses; shuttles; wagon rides; sleigh rides; traffic; housing; healthcare; IT, food; entertainment; airports; Intermountain Healthcare; Municipal Athletic & Recreation Center; Park City; coaches, technicians, athletes; athletic performance; South Utah; National Parks; recreation; natural resource protection; museums; Deer Creek Reservoir; Jordanelle Reservoir; Utah State Parks; Parley's Canyon; water quality; desertification; droughts; Economic Development Department of the State of Utah; housing development; golf course; infrastructure; water; sewer; roads; Norway; Sweden; 501(c)(3)s |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5775699/heber-city.html |
| Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society |
| Rights |
 |
| Language |
eng |
| Type |
Text; Sound |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Scanned By |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mtymv3 |
| Setname |
dha_pour |
| ID |
2533718 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mtymv3 |
