The Monthly Special Each month you'll find something new here—an unpublished speech of Olson's for example, or some correspondence. I'll keep each new piece on this page for three months, then remove it or move it to a different portion of this web site. This Month In Olson History. Click here or scroll down toward the bottom of this page to see what Sigurd was doing during this month 35 and/or 50 years ago. May 2008: "Duck Heaven" *Published in Field and Stream, October 1930.* April 2008: "Reflections of a Guide" *Published in Field and Stream, June 1928.* March 2008: "Snow Wings" Boys' Life published this article 80 years ago this month.
This Month in Olson History Fifty Years Ago: May 1958 (age 59) On May 3, Sigurd was at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, speaking about the meaning of wilderness to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. You can read the entire speech here. An excerpt: We need to preserve a few places, a few samples of primeval country so that when the pace gets too fast we can look at it, think about it, contemplate it, and somehow restore equanimity to our souls. Thirty-fiveYears Ago: May 1973 (age 74) Nothing to report.

The Monthly Special

Each month you'll find something new here—an unpublished speech of Olson's for example, or some correspondence. I'll keep each new piece on this page for three months, then remove it or move it to a different portion of this web site.

This Month In Olson History. Click here or scroll down toward the bottom of this page to see what Sigurd was doing during this month 35 and/or 50 years ago.

May 2008: "Duck Heaven"

Published in Field and Stream, October 1930.

April 2008: "Reflections of a Guide"

Published in Field and Stream, June 1928.

March 2008: "Snow Wings"

Boys' Life published this article 80 years ago this month.

This Month in Olson History

Fifty Years Ago: May 1958 (age 59)

On May 3, Sigurd was at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, speaking about the meaning of wilderness to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. You can read the entire speech here. An excerpt:

We need to preserve a few places, a few samples of primeval country so that when the pace gets too fast we can look at it, think about it, contemplate it, and somehow restore equanimity to our souls.

Thirty-fiveYears Ago: May 1973 (age 74)

Nothing to report.