B02.20 Pen (Henrietta) Lee
Obit is in folder.
Mildred (Ostrom) Mantle and Mae Peterson came in 2/28/03 and gave further info, plus that which in
quotes.
Pen rented the duplex with Mildred (Ostrom) Mantle at the SE corner of 4^th
/ and A, in 1941. Faced A. They
came from their homes in Isanti, Minn. to Anchorage together (Pen‘s brother, Paul Swanson, was already
here. Rented their house from Mrs. Soine, who lived at 5^th
/ and Gambell, who was Ed Barber‘s mother. Mae
Peterson and her husband came up in 1947 and Pen helped them secure living quarters next door. The
Petersons were from Thief River Falls, Minn., as were the minister and his wife, the Oldegards.
They think Onnolee and ̳Homesteader Hayes‘ are the same person.

Erickson Placer, Inc. 130 shares, dated March 29, 1955. Signed by Walter A. Erickson, President, and
Elson L. Galbar, Vice President.

1944 SOCIAL GATHERINGS

1 Paul, Pen, Margaret
2 Untitled. Young boy holding toy dog (Philip Bach?)
3 Untitled. Man and young boy. (Same boy as #2?)
4 Philip Bach 1944
5 To Pen. From Peggy & Bob Pool, 2102 N. 2
nd
St.,, Tronton, Ohio. Received Sept. 1946. (shows a
couple in front of their Christmas tree. Skis against the wall.
6 Something else to throw away. This was Easter Sunday. I blame Doris (the snapper) for the blurs.
7 Alaska, 1942. Mildred (Ostrom) Mantle reflected in a mirror in the house.
8 April 1, 1948. At a baby shower with church friends. WE were asked to dress crazy and I got the
prize—just ―forgot‖ to wear the skirt to my brown dress. (Pen and Livinia Johnson)
9 Dec. 28^th
/ , 1941. This is a candid shot and shows it. Hurrying up – town on a Sunday P.M. Mildred
Ostrom and Theola Sondreal.
10 April 16,1943. The 3 of us pose together for the last time – maybe. Taken the nite of the party at
the Beaten home. Too bad I didn‘t hold still like M & T. I like to take them rather than be taken.
(Mildred, Theola and Pen).
11 Sept. 30, 1943. To Dad, -- Nice harvest we had, wasn‘t it? Gathered with real dirt-farmer
enjoyment, I assure you. Love Pen. Anchorage. Church with false front in background.
12 June 18, 1944. To Dad, To show you that my going-home bank is really getting full.
13 Sept. 1943. Mildred & Doris rest under the wings of ̳Mr. Totem‖ at the Idle Hour, Lake Spenard.
14 Sept. 1944. Doris is dressed for dancing.
15 Sept. 18, 1944. When Doris‘ friends came to say ―Hurry back.‖ (Art Reinikki in the middle row
holding the monkey, Phillip Back in front with glass, Doris below mirror LH side.
16 Sept. 18, 1944. Spud, Harold, Johnnie and Carol (Dr. Bach‘s wife) ate in the piano corner.
17 Sept. 27^th
/ , 1944. Sue & Jim
18 Doris (Nelson) & Princess
19 Sept. 27, 1944. Anchorage. Ruth, Mildred and I are in – not clover, but pansies.
20 Sept. 27, 1944. Sitting in the sun. On the Inlet beach at Anchorage, Alaska.
21 Aug 19, 1944. The grand prize went to Mrs. Scho(a?)dde for this. These are houseplants and they
have the texture and colors of velvet.
22 After our New Year Day dinner. Floyd and Dan and us, Ernie, photographing.
23 Here is one that you can throw away. I just want you to notice that I don‘t LOOK so very
fat(underlined). That‘s Ruth Kittams on my right – the Montana girl whom I want to know better.
We did have a very satisfying day when we went skiing. It always feels so free and glorious – like
in the big hills. There were all degrees of skill to watch. Someone told me there were 500 of us out
there that day and the paper said 800. I‘m so sorry this picture didn‘t get clear.
24 Oct. 1944. The birthday girl likes her hot-cakes! Onnolee, Carl, Rube, Mrs. Wood, Watters.
(Walters?)
25 Ed, Doris, Ruth and Churchill like ice cream too!
26 This one is no good so you can destroy it. Just to give you an idea of my favorites, the Baxter
family.

27 Unlabeled. 3 women sitting on a davenport; a young girl in someone‘s lap.
28 Oct. 1944. Putting the elbow grease into the sourdough is Sourdough Pen.
29 Oct. 1944. Second table! Bernice, ―March,‖ David, Mark and Mr. Wood
30 September 18, 1944. Jimmie, Vivian (Morris), Art, Mildred and Irma choose comfortably seats.
31 Dec. 31, 1944. ―Of New Year‘s Eve a tale I tell.‖ Mildred, Rube, Annolee & Carmon.
32 Dec. 31, 1944. Homesteader Hayes gets her reward.
33 Oct. 1944. Living-room conference at Onnolee‘s birthday party. Caught by the camera here, are
―March,‖ Donlan, Bernice, Afton and David.
34 Oct. 1944. Gibbs, Onnolee, Rube, and Mr. & Mrs. Wood gathered in this corner of our living
room at Onnolee‘s birthday party.
35 Sept. 1944. In her newest formal. (Mildred Mantle)
36 Sept. 27, 1944. Descending: Ruth & Carl, Mildred & Jim, and ?
37 Sept. 27, 1944. Pickin‘ pansies. Carl, Ruth, Mildred, Jim.
38 Oct. 1944. For once, birthday cake and hat—cakes go together – Homesteader Hayes had a
birthday! Mildred, Donlan, Afton, Gibbs and I
39 Mrs. Peter Borg. This was taken in Seattle but I knew her as a noon-hour-walk companion at
Elmendorf Field during the 1943-44 winter.
40 May 11^th
/ , 1944. Birthday party for Spud. Left to right – John Reid, Ruth, Happy, Carl (the Swede
in my room), Betty (she is the Educational Director at church), Doris, and in the back Spud and
Jimmie. All the boys except Carl were friends of our boys and sang with them in chorus.
41 Sept. 1946. On Labor Day my friend Mildred Parker and I picked cranberries galore.


MAJORITY 1944 – ACTIVITIES WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL

42 Jan. 22, 1942. Mildred‘s Lt. John and I. It is the background I want you to note. You can see that
our hill wasn‘t high or steep. Don‘t judge John by this. He is a good (meaning kind, gentle, pure)
looking man as well as being good looking. I really was enjoying the day and the hills.
43 1944. Where, oh where, is our chicken dinner. At Verda‘s N.C.O. apt. Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Jane Welch, Butch, Caro, Cam, Mary, Johnny
44 Sept. 1944. Doris at her desk with the U.S. Engineers at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
45 1944. Carl. Notice that this was taken while those little patches of cranberry-filled woods were just
between our buildings. Nelson throwing a rock.
46 Sgt. Mark Howes. ―The bunk‖ eh?! 1944. (first 3 names crossed out): Pat Renny(?), E. Jones, M.
Howes, Roland
47 Instrument shop boys. 1944. Just outside the bldg. Donlan, Wishlen(?), Wattens, Manchington,
Nelson.
48 Ralph Douglas Churchill, Dec. 1944, Dalles, Texas
49 Sept. 18, 1944. They came to say good-bye to Doris.
50 Oct. 1944. Pvt. Gibbs – co-worker at D-41.
51 Oct. 1944. Gibbs, Pen, Rube storekeepers at D-41.
52 Oct. 1944. Towmotor ride in D-41. Rube & Pen
53 Oct. 1944. Enjoying the golden sunshine outside of whse. D-41. Pen-- Rube-- ??
53A Oct. 1944 S/Sgt? Johnny Powelesson, foreman at the Instrument Repair shop.

54 Oct. 1944. Chow time truck is loaded at Fort Richardson, Alaska
55 Oct. 1944. This is the chow pick-up truck in the Alaska Air Depot area.
56 1944. Baby bear in Alaska. At Elmendor Field.
57 1944. Here‘s one of the Sourdough homes given up to the Army. At Fort Richardson, Alaska
58 Oct. 1944. Onnolee seems to like her mukluks!!
59 Dixie Conover. Dixie is from Texas. Dixie can work. Dixie is a good sort and sport. 1944.
60 Instrument Shop 1944. In the gyro repair section. Donlan and ―March‖ and the back of Francis
Watters. The shop just outside my door.
61 Happy birthday. This was one party that I ―crashed.‖ Sept. 1944. Deshler‘s birthday cake. Bob
Chase.

62 Instrument Shop, Gyro Unit section. Watters, Donlan & Marchinton, 1944. Another just inside the
shop.
63 At work – and how! 1944. Verkuil (?) resting his nose on the bench, making believe he is
working.
64 Aug. 19, 1944. I hope you can see the pride with which I call your attention to this big bloom.
65 1944. In the instrument shop at D-33. Carl, Onnolee, Dixie, Mrs. Wood, David etc. my visiting
center.
66 Seems it isn‘t all work in the kitchen!! 1944. This is Bill Marchinton
67 Who‘s on K.P. now?! Sure enough! Our friend ―March‖ . 1944. Names: Onnalee(?) Hayes, Pat
Renner –2 (crossed out), E. Jones –2 (crossed out), Powlesson, M. Howes—2 (crossed out),
Roland. 2., Marchinton
68 Fort Richardson, 1944. (Mountains)


MAJORITY 1944—SCENIC VIEWS: PALMER, WASILLA, GLENN HIGHWAY, ROAD TO FORT
RICHARDSON, ANCHORAGE

69 Woman ice fishing?
70 Upper Lake. With cabin in foreground.
71 Same as #69. Woman ice fishing.
72 Postcard showing 16 ½ lbs of potatoes with a silver dollar. Hewitt‘s Photo Shop, Anchorage. P-
509. Charles, why don‘t you come to Alaska and show them how to raise potatoes.
73 Lake Eklutna (shows seated dog)
74 June 1, 1941. A beauty spot along the trail leading to our lovely picnic sot of the perfect day.
Please send this one back for I can‘t get another.
75 Ship Creek, 1944.
76 Sept. 27, 1944. The views are grand whether you look over or under the bridge. Near Bootlegger‘s
Cove, Anchorage.
77 Sept. 27, 1944. Boating via imagination. Mildred, Jim, Ruth, Carl.
78 Sept. 27, 1944. Jim and Mildred love this type of walking.
79 Sept. 27, 1944. Ruth & Pen on the Bootlegger‘s Cover beach.
80 Sept. 27, 1944. A walking stick is important. Pen & Carl.
81 June 27, 1944. Ye olde boat rests high and dry at Bootlegger‘s Cove, Anchorage. Ruth Kittams,
Carl Nelson, Mildred, Pen
82 No caption. Spenard Road, Ezro Willard homestead.
83 1944. Out in the sticks somewhere near Anchorage.
84 1944. Ship Creek in a calm Springtime mood.
85 Palmer from the hill to the west of town and looking eastward.
86 Matanuska Glacier, 1944
87 Glenn Highway, 1944.
88 1944. Matanuska river and King Mt. (maybe) from the Glenn Highway
89 1944. Along the Glenn Highway.
90 1944. A view from the Glenn Highway along the Matanuska River
91 1944 Here is one scene which we see every morning as we leave town for the Post. I would pray
for the sight to ―see‖ everyday beauty every day.
92 1944. Matanuska Glacier. A view from the Glenn Highway
93 1944. Wasilla Lake
94 1944 Wasilla Lake in the Matanuska Valley, Alaska
95 ―There is some – would trade it for no place on earth – and I‘m one.‖ Some Alaskan Mountains,
Glenn highway. 1944
96 Along the Glenn Highway. Looking toward the Matanuska Glacier. 1944
97 Up Sheep Mt. Way along the Glenn Highway. 1944
98 Matanuska Glacier and river as seen from the Glenn highway. Alaska 1944.



MAJORITY 1945 – SOCIAL GATHERINGS, CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, INCLUDES GIs
INVITED TO DINNER

99 Feb. 4, 1945. Johnny and Pen chewing the fat, eh?
100 June, 1945. Princess and Princess = 2 Princesses
101 June, 1945. Doris and my Princess like one another too.
102 June 1945. How rich am I with Princesses like theses for friends!
103 June 1945. Doris makes friends with Princess.
104 Easter noon finds Princess posed on our dinner table. April 1, 1945.
105 April 7, 1945. Princess in her pent house home.
106 April 1947. Look again and see the crocuses! This was by the little church at Copper Center. Had
my first trip of the season, you‘ve probably heard. Loved it.
107 June 1945. When I talk to her, she listens. Oh, yes, Princess is a smart rabbit!
108 April 28, 1945. Second from the right is our Texas friend Dixie, the honor guest.
109 Easter Day, April 1, 1945. The after-dinner pause.
110 Easter 1945 April 1. Bernice Wlas and Hilda Wieble stopped in while on their long walks.
111 Easter 1945 April 1. Carl takes his chore cheerfully. Washing the pots and pans.
112 Easter Day April 1, 1945. Jimmie, Irma, Mildred, Lucile, Art, and Carl are full of dinner.
113 April 1, 1945. Easter Day visitors at the house with the two-front-doors.
114 April 28, 1945. Farewell party for Dixie.
115 April 28, 1945. Gathered to bid god-speed to Dixie are these friends of hers from the gyro section
at D-33. AAD
116 April 28, 1945. Mom and Pop Woods, our friends.
117 July 29, 1945. Doris cleans her gems at home.
118 April 6, 1945. Homesteader Hayes and Sourdough Pen are being practical with their dreaming at
last.
119 Jan. 1945. Belles for the Christmas tree: Flora Heath, Ione Welch, Onnolee Hayes, Pauline
Reynolds, Helen Gould, Ida Wood, Mrs. ? ?, Retta Smith, Verda Davis, Dixie Conover, Ruby
Waugh, Bernise Wlas, Nora ? ?, Pen, ???
120 Jan. 1945. Helen Gould, Mr. And Mrs. Wood, Marc Hawes, Mr. Welch, Pen, Carman Bruch,.,
Refreshment Time.
121 Feb. 4, 1945. We three – Mildred, Lucile, Pen, with Marjorie Ann in her home.
122 Sept. 25, 1945. Standing nearest me is Mrs. (Amanda) Oldegaard, our minister‘s wife and ―my
mother‖ at this banquet for ―our mothers‖ which our Eteri Fellowship Club had. Have I told you
how much I enjoy those meetings? Actually there were only 2 real mother-and-daughter
combinations present. Only a few in the club on this picture. (3^rd
from left – Bernice (Halverson)
Saupe. Lloyd Olson is in back row, far right.)
123 Lucile 12. Feb. 1945. When Lucile was sick and lay abed.
124 Feb. 16, 1945. Moose steak for supper. Good eating with good company.
125 Feb. 1945. Self-portrait of the moose eaters. Pen opens it and runs. Carl jumps to shut it. Others
hold still!!
126 Feb. 1945. Dinner time at Rooneys one Sunday when we were the lucky guests.
127 Feb. 1945. Awaiting our dinner at Rooneys. Beth, Spud, Mildred, Jimme, Pen, Johnnie and Lucile.
Marjorie Ann and Mary Patricia.
128 Feb. 1945. Someone is going to have a lovely Valentine surprise. Lucky is Carman Buch.
129 Feb. 1945. 1, 2 – 3, 4. 1, 2 – 3, r. Hup!
130 Feb. 1945. We gotta keep limber, don‘t we?!
131 May 1945. The little folks in the alley took care of Princess‘ social needs. Beverly, Sherry, Terry,
Russell --------------.
132 Easter Sunday April 6, 1947. This is my ―God-son‖ Timothy Von Baxter. Isn‘t he sweet/ Those
squarish house to the right background are the modern pre-fabricated models. Cost a lot. I‘ve
heard – 8 0r $9,000. Notice the old-time log house in comparison.
133 Strawberry Road in winter. A few miles south of Anchorage.
134 Feb. 1945. At Rooneys. Marjorie Ann loves her daddy.
135 Feb. 1945. Lucile at the Rooney home. Merrill Field buildings and the Chugachs in the
background.

136 Jan. 21, 1945. Ida and Mike Rooney. Marjorie Ann, Mary Patricia.
137 Lucile in an after-dinner recline at Rooneys.
138 Feb. 4, 1945. Mildred, Jimmie and Ida in the music corner at the Rooneys.
139 Feb. 4, 1945. Marjorie Ann, Mildred, Jimmie and Ida in the Rooney living room.
140 Aug. 1945. Doris and her co-workers at the Alaska Railroad offices.
141 Easter Sunday 1947. Another of Timmie and I. Kind of silly looking of me. I say, -- eyes squinted
and teeth protruding.
142 July 29, 1945. First Annual Sunday School picnic of the Central Lutheran Church in Anchorage,
Alaska.

1945 – ACTIVITIES WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL

143 April 1945. ―Happy‖ was one of our inventory boys.
144 April 1945. Alfred Unruh, my favorite farmer lad from Enid, Oklahoma.
145 April 1945. Donna and Frances McCurdy.
146 April 1945. Francis McCurdy and M/Sgt. Edginton – High point man on this Post – 131 pts.
147 April, 1945. My, my, isn‘t Pen busy today!
148 March 18, 1945. Carl high up but going down. View superb!
149 March 18, 1945. This is Carl practicing on the slalom course. Whoops! And down he goes!!
150 March 18, 1945. Carl goes down fast at the Arctic Valley Ski run, at Fort Richardson.
151 March 18, 1945. The slalom racers are awaiting their go signals.
152 April 29, 1945. This is at Grandview. See the ―little‖ train far down in the valley. Carl and I did
some mighty steep climbing that Sunday but I was careful, you see.
153 April 15, 1945. We paused to eat a bite. We had a perfect day for our journey to ―Hidden‖ Valley.
154 April 15, 1945. Bernice, Sgt. Peterson, Hilda, Sgt. McKinney, Pen. Pausing to pose.
155 April 15, 1945. Thanks, Bernice, for your thoughts concerning my safety. I do love to be ―taken
care of.‖
156 April 15, 1945. From here we looked down into our Hidden Valley. Hilda, Dixie, Pen and
Bernice.
157 April 15, 1945. What goes on here?
158 April 15, 1945. Bernice seems to like her snow-shoes in the Arctic Valley ski bowl.
159 March 18, 1945. Carl and I stand proudly at the ―top‖.
160 March 4, 1945. If you are going fishing you gotta have a hole in the ice. Swing it high, fast, and
furiously.
161 April 15, 1945. Fort Richardson ski bowl at Arctic Valley in the Chugach Mts. of Alaska.
162 April 15, 1945. Bernice and I on snowshoes in Arctic Valley, the Fort Richardson ski bowl.
162A April 22, 1945. Looking down into Arctic Valley in the Chugach Mts. near Fort Richardson
163 April 22, 1945. The day we hiked in Arctic Valley and found out: ―It‘s the beauty that thrills you
with wonder.‖
164 April 15, 1945. The Fort Richardson ski run at Arctic Valley in the Chugach Mts. of Alaska. High
noon!! Line-up at the tow.
165 April 22, 1945. Cpl. Leonard Verkurd (?) is coming up!
166 March 18, 1945. Mildred and Carl have arrived. Where? At the top.
167 March 1945. Suzie and I have arrived – at the top. This was racing Sunday in Arctic Valley.
168 Apr. 1, 1945. Bragg, Peterson and McKinney were the G.I.s who gave us the courageous escort
we needed to make it all the way up the Valley and over the crest.
169 March 18, 1945. Mildred paused for a breather on our way to the Peak.
170 March 18, 1945. Caral. Up high, eh?!
171 May 27, 1945. Irma, Art, Doris, Rev. Trygstadt, Bill Johnson. Mountain climbers.
172 May 27, 1945. Irma and Art are there! Doris and Rev. T. are on the way!! But Pen and Bill haven‘t
started!! However we all made it to the top.
173 May 27, 1945. Irma sees the Matanuska Valley after a hard climb.
174 May 27, 1945. Rev. Gordon Trygstadt – in charge at our Central Lutheran church at Anchorage
for April 1^st
to June 15^th
/ , 1945. He climbed hills with us.
175 May 27, 1945. ―Heavy, heavy, hangs over thou head‘ Doris, I think it is just a hunk of snow he has
there.

176 April 29, 1945. Bernice hops aboard the ski train at Anchorage.
177 April 29, 1945. Scene as seen from the rear end of the ski train on its way to Grandview.
178 April 29, 1945. Hilda and Pen didn‘t miss that ski train to Grandview.
179 April 29, 1945. ―Rest point‖ for Carl and I, high on Grandview hillside.
180 April 29, 1945. The slopes are steep at Grandview. This is Carl going up.
181 April 29, 1945. Carl at Grandview.
182 Jan. 7, 1945. The road to Arctic Valley has a bad spot so we decide to start walking up. ?, Dixie,
Nora, Carl.
183 Jan. 7, 1945. Pen, Dixie and Nora and notice all of us are standing by our own power!
184 June, 1945. Onnolee and I. My, my, I wish I was a slim as I look here. I am not.
185 March 4, 1945. At Lake Eklutna in the Chugach mountains of Alaska. Here Solo‘s master
prepares to warm and dry his poor feet.
186 March 4, 1945. Who‘s got cold feet now! And why?! At Lake Eklutna
187 March 4, 1945. Fishing party at Lake Eklutna. Snooping around to see what we are going to have
to eat, I guess.
188 March 4, 1945. At the Lake Eklutna fishing party. We are waiting by the fire for the stragglers to
come in so we can start for home.
189 March 4, 1945. On the road to Lake Eklutna. This is just one of Alaska‘s usual fine scenes.
190 March 4, 1945. At Eklutna Lake in Alaska. Keepin‘ near the campfire, aren‘t ye!
191 March 1945. Fishing party to Lake Eklutna. Each has their own interest.
192 March 4, 1945. When we paused to see the view on our way to Lake Eklutna.
193 March 4, 1945. At Lake Eklutna. Big feet! But warm as toast! Says she.
194 April 1945. Hi, Rube, don‘t work too hard.
195 February 1945. Once upon a time a Staff Sergeant came to work in building D-41 at the Alaska
Air Depot. His name was Frank E. Harvey. He had an inquisitive and observing mind so I am sure
that his adventures in living will be many and very interesting. Here he is posed in worry over the
bin cards. He has a wife who knows the meaning of, and how to accomplish, keeping her man‘s
morale on an even keel!
196 February 1945. Storage warehouse D-41 at the Alaska Air Depot, Fort Richardson. Rube & Jerry
in a very realistic pose.
197 March 1945. Before Mildred left her U. S. Eng. Position at Fort Richardson.
198 May 1945. Brad and Rube at D-41.
199 May 5, 1945. Sgt. Makransky, Rube Morrell, S/Sgt. Bradham at ―work‖ in D-41l
200 Oct. 1945. Hilda in her barracks room at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
201 June 10, 1945. Onnolee and I are loaded with the eats – the liquor sign is a mistake.
202 June 10, 1945. So early in the morning we venture out to explore. Goin‘ to Thunderbird Falls
today. Onnolee, Pen, Bernice.
203 June 10, 1945. Bernice and Pen are Not waiting for this ambulance to move.
204 Feb. 1945. The dream is of Onnolee and I saving money for Alaskan travels!
205 Aug. 19, 1945. Pfc. Cornell at Wasilla Lake.
206 Sept. 29, 1945. Having a fun ride in the old ―Bonanza Days‖ surrey at the Anchorage U.S.O.
Jimmie and Pen, Hlda and Podolski
207 June 1945. Onnolee, Bernice, Pen. Took a bus and then hiked out in the country.
208 Jan. 1945. The instrument shop gang invited me to their party. At the Womens Club, Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
209 April 22, 1945. These are the friends with whom I enjoyed a super-duper mountain climbing day.
Dixie Conover, Bernies (?) Wlas, Dick Rissmann, Leonard Verkund, Hilda Wiedde?, Olaf
Peterson, Charlie Pragg?
210 April 22
nd
, 1945. Dick Rissmann. This fellow had a good photographic eye and he was generous
with it.
211 April 22, 1945. Dixie and I seem to have made a strike. ―You came to get rich. Damn good
reason‖
212 April 22, 1945. Looks like Bernice and Leonard are pleased with themselves and the country.
213 April 22, 1945. I always send home my silliest looking pictures but I think this one is pretty good.
It‘s at Arctic Valley and we had a wonderful view from there. Hilda, Bernice and Leonard with
me.

214 April 22, 1945. Ha, ha! Indeed. What‘s so funny, I wonder?
215 April 22, 1945. Summer‘s sun and winter‘s snow melt on one of Arctic Valley‘s peaks.
216 April 22, 1945. We paused for a breather on our upward way. Bernice, Penn, Hilda, ½ Charlie.
217 April 22, 1945. Dixie is hungry so she eats ―all the time‖.
218 April 15, 1945. This was the day on which we snow-shoed over Arctic Valley‘s upper crest and
found another of those ―—valleys unpeopled and still.‖
219 April 22, 1945. Over the snow fields and on and up to higher peaks we go.
220 April 29, 1945. On the loop near Portage we could see our engine ahead. Ski train going to
Grandview.
220A August 19, 1945. This was at a fun picnic with the instrument shop co-workers. Poor pony, eh?!
221 Jan. 14, 1945. Eat, eat, always ready to eat. That‘s Pen!
222 Jan. 14, 1945. Lunchtime IN the sugar-plum tree. Carl
223 . April 22, 1945. Hilda‘s idea of a good way to cool off on a sun-warmed mountain top
224 April 15, 1945. Bernice and I are getting acquainted with snow shoes in Arctic Valley..
225 May 27, 1945. Bill Johnson, our stranger-friend, whom we enjoyed as a mountain-climbing
helper. ―Helper‖ is right!



1945 – MATANUSKA VALLEY, WASILLA, PALMER BUILDINGS, KNIK RIVER BRIDGE,
ARCTIC VALLEY, HOMESTEADING FAMILIES (DINKLE, HANSON). Also 1943 – MR. TRYCK AT
HIS WASILLA FARM

226 Aug. 15, 1943. At Wasilla, Alaska. Mr. Tryck gave us his biggest cabbage. He plants his cabbage
SEED right into the garden. He is a neat, clean, lone, old man.
227 Knik River and Bridge, 1945.
228 Matanuska Valley, 1945
229 Lutheran Church – Palmer. 1945
230 Matanuska Valley Farm, 1945.
231 Palmer School, 1945.
232 ―Co-op‖ – Palmer, 1945
233 Aug. 19, 1945. Wasilla Lake. ?, Brad, ? (at bottom right: ̳by Cornell‖)
234 June 1945. Green Lake—the coney Island of Fort Richardson
235 Aug. 19, 1945. In the Matanuska Valley. Farmers, farm boys, dogs, horses, and even new-mown
hay have something in common the whole world o‘er. (Photo by Cornell)
236 July 9, 1945. Thisis one that I snapped especially for you, Charles. Who says Alaskan holsteins
aren‘t just as contented as Minnesotans!!
237 June 24, 1945. On the farm, girls and kittens mix well.
238 June 24, 1945. With pleasure I presented Princess to Dana and Sharon.
239 June 24, 1945. Henry and some of his radishes.
240 Jan. 21, 1945. Esther and Henry Hanson, Dana and Sharon
241 June 24, 1945. Our Valley farmer friends Esther and Henry, Dona and Sharon.
242 June 21, 1945. Headless Dona, Marjorie Ann, Mary Patricia, Sharon
243 June 24, 1945. Our farmer friend, Henry Hanson, with part of his radishes which they had
harvested the day we arrived.
244 April 15, 1945. Arctic Valley at its best. Our party moves onward, maybe slow, but nevertheless,
sure.
245 June 24, 1945. Audrey Dinkle licks the dasher!
246 June 24, 1945. All pile in and away we go for a picnic in the ―homesteader‘s‖ woods. The Dinkle
kids, mostly.
247 June 24, 1945. The Dinkle family of Wasilla.

MAJORITY 1945: SCENIC VIEWS

248 A skier‘s paradise at Grandview in the Chugach Mts. of Alaska.

249 July 1945. Along the Glenn Highway. Wet just now but not so bad and some think it‘s better wet
than dusty. Someday pavement maybe.
250 July 8, 1945. Paxson‘s Lake aong the Richardson Highway. It was our good luck that the weather
was so fine.
251 July 1945. I hope the day will come when you will pass this way. A bit of the Glenn Hiway in
Alaska.
252 June 1945. Chickaloon bridge. (John Bagoy Ids this as Castle Mt., Old Bridge at Chickaloon)
253 1945. If old cabins are like old ―Sourdoughs‖ than this one is likely ―dreaming of long ago.‖ (John
Bagoy says: Otter Lake. The John Thompson homestead.)
254 Jan. 20, 1946. Erma, Pen and Elaine (left to right). We were on snow shoes and here we are high
on a crest after a big climb.
255 April 22, 1945. Riesmann (?) took the words out of my mouth as I was trying to instill the ―spell
of the Yukon‖ into my fellow mountain climbers.
256 April 22, 1945. Dixie, our Texan belle, sits enthroned by snow and greenery on one of the
Chugach peaks.
257 June 3, 1945. Along the Litle Susitna river in the early morning. ̳Praise God from whom all
blessings flow!‖
258 June 3, 1945. Doris in the sunshine on our into-the-mountains hike
259 July 31, 1945. At Green Lake, one place in Alaska where there are no mosquitoes.
260 1945. Location not definitely known but you can see it‘s Alaska!
261 1945. The sun goes to bed behind The Sleeping Lady (Mt. Susitna) across the Inlet from
Anchorage.
262 June 1945. Chickaloon River
263 1945. ―And the poorest twig on the elm tree was inched deep with pearl.‖ At Anchorage, Alaska
264 1945. ―Every pine and fir and hemlock was ermined too dear for an Earl.‖ Near Anchorage,
Alaska
265 1945. In winter, Mother Nature‘s dress is ―a silence deep and white.‖
266 1945. Ship Creek
267 March 4, 1945. Lake Eklutna. A walk o‘er its spotless surface toward those mighty hills is good
for the soul of me.
268 April 22, 1945. Bernice and Dixie seem to be stunting!
269 May 20, 1945. Cottonwood Creek. Fishless when I‘m around!
270 April 22, 1945. ̳If this is what Dixie enjoys, let her enjoy it,‖ is what L. V. seems to say.
271 August 29, 1945. Bill Morris with a ―catch‖ from Campell Creek, near Anchorage, Alaska.
272 June 3, 1945. Mr. Boucher is a great hiker and he loves these little mountain roads.
273 May 27, 1945. Hard work for Bill J.! Doris must be seeking an easier route! Up we go – all of us.
274 May 27, 1945. Irma gives Doris a taste of the goodies she baked for her out-on-the-chain friend.
275 April 15, 1945. Here is Dixie one Texan who enjoyed Fort Richardson‘s Arctic Valley.
276 May 27, 1945. Irma fits well into this scene at the top of the Chugach peak which we climbed.
277 Pioneer Peak, 1945. Personally, I doubt that this view is of Pioneer Peak. Well, does it matter?! It
has beauty and that ―is all ye need to know.‖
278 March 4, 1945. And Dixie caught a big fish!
279 March 4, 1945. Dixie caught a little fish.
280 May 27, 1945. Helpful Bill! When he wasn‘t pullin‘ he pushed!!
281 May 27, 1945. Doris, Pen and Irma having a bite to eat after a tough climb.
282 May 27, 1945. Sure, we were all tuckered out! Not Doris and G.T. so much as Bill and I.
283 May 27, 1945. Doris finds a restful seat on this once-upon-a-time ―monarch‖ on one of the
Chugach‘s lesser peaks.
284 June 10, 1945. We are busy eating – Bernice and I are.
285 June 3, 1945. (a stream; mts in background)
286 June 3, 1945. Down, down come the crystal streams. I was charmed by this one.
287 June 10, 1945. Yah, that vas good! A(sitting on a big log, eating)
288 June 3, 1945. Doris and I are sort of funny-legged here!!
289 June 3, 1945. Vivian and Bill Morris ―where the mountains are nameless
290 June 3, 1945. This is a wonderful road to hike along. I KNOW and I am richer for having known.
291 June 10, 1945. Homesteader Hayes and Sourdough Pen needed a rest, and rest they did.

292 June 3, 1945. Mr. Boucher enjoys this location more than the fishin‘. (dangling his legs off the
side of a bridge)
293 Aug. 27, 1945. Onnolee and Jack have arrived at ―Aho‖ Lake
294 June 3, 1945. Doris and Bill M. combine efforts to make a good breakfast.
295 May 1945. Art caught this one at Matanuska, the village of Matanuska. (low flying DC3)
296 March 4, 1945. Dixie and I share this little fishing hole and she gets the fish!
297 1945. This one is pretty as well as useful. (husky)
298 1945. Eagle River as we see it in the springtime from the bridge on the Anchorage-Palmer road.
299 May 27, 1945. Looks like some is goin‘ up and some is comin‘ down!
300 July 9, 1945. Too bad they don‘t have this specimen of the rare white moose in a more natural
setting at the university of Alaska museum.
301 July 1945. The native kids came to the river to see the plane take off. It‘s in Fairbanks. (Chena
Bridge in background.)
302 July 10. 1945. Circle City, a native town far up North on the Yukon river. You can see that the
natives don‘t live ―our way.‖ The road comes to a dead end here.
303 July 1945. And this is Alaska‘s #1 railroad engine which attracts attention to all who visit
Fairbanks
304 July 8, 1945. Another high pass. The flowers in the neighborhood don‘t show up but they were
surprisingly lovely.
305 May 20, 1945. Public library at Wasilla, Alaska
306 July 1945. Doris, Erma (on Cohasset girl friend) and I with the moose horns we found laying
around while on our Fairbanks trip.
307 July 10, 1945. Going over the summits was so much fin. Here we could see peak on peak to the
horizon in al directions. It‘s caribou country.

MISC. UNDATED. TOTEMS – SE: SUN AND RAVEN

308 July 27, 1951. Forty-four years old and still loving a picnic by the roadside! Daisy and I enjoyed
this spot on our vacation!
309 (Doris and Pen? I should recognize these people by now, outside, holding a cake.)
310 Bristol Bay fishing fleet. (Hewitt 15) postcard. Here the fishermen make as much as $3000 in one
month
311 (Sign: Sun & Raven. With explanatory info)
312 (totem)
313 (totem)
314 (totem)
315 (totem)
316 (totem)
317 (totem)
318 (clan house)
319 (totem)
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326 (clan house)
327 (totem)