Hank Jones told his grandson Kyle, "Priest Lake has got a charisma I can't explain."

Description

Kyle Jones interviewed his grandfather Hank Jones last summer for Priest Lake StoryCorps. Hank first came to lake in 1954 and worked with the Priest Lake Timber Protective Association. He recalled courting Charlotte Roberts, Leonard Paul’s granddaughter, and their honeymoon at the very rustic Trapper Creek Cabin. He shared memories of the dances they sponsored above the Coolin store for the Blister Rust boys. Hank spent his career with the national park service and returned to the lake when he retired. He reflected to Kyle, “Priest Lake has got a charisma about it, I can’t explain. Its got something that that it seems like no other place has got. We lived in Grand Tetons, we lived in Rocky Mountain National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, and Lake Powell, and Tonto National Monument but none of them compare to Priest Lake.”

Participants

• Kyle Jones
  
• Hank Jones
  
• Priest Lake Museum
  

Interview By

• Priest Lake Museum