Free land has drawn people from the lower 48 to Alaska throughout the twentieth century. Free land or no, most of those people turned around and headed back home after the first winter. The ones who stayed became Alaskans. Alaskans A few months ago, one of those Alaskans, Shirley Balinski, commented on one of my …
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Alaskans
Alaskans came—and stayed. Most people came and then left. Legendary Alaskan, Mary Hanson Furs then gold then oil brought waves of people from the outside. Most left as soon as they could to enjoy memories of Alaska’s remote, breathtaking beauty in the comfort of somewhere else. Only a very few Alaskans stayed to make their …