Martha Bernice Visger is interviewed by Margaret Bernice Visger in November 1991 in Kodiak, Alaska. Martha reminisces about her family history. Her father, Evan Jones, ran many coal mines throughout Alaska, including Evan Jones Coal Company, Eska Coal Mine, Healy River Coal Company, Wishbone Hill Mine, and a mine in Houston. Martha talks about the Turtle Mountain landslide in Alberta; her parents' arrival in Alaska, at Eska; the Healy River Mine; their home in Anchorage; recreation and businesses in Anchorage; the Usibellis; summers at the mine; the Great Depression; Matanuska Valley colonists; Wasilla and Palmer; transportation; and WWII precautions. Fritz Visger tells a story of how he and future wife Martha almost became neighbors as children. Martha continues with stories of her sisters' husbands, who were both raised in Alaska; and drops the names of some well-known Alaskans with whom she has beenacquainted.