EMPORIA (KSNT) – With a background in farming, Cleat Buckbee never expected to travel abroad for work. He would end up doing just that with the Army, serving in Alaska for 18 months before that land was part of the United States. After graduating high school, Buckbee worked on a Council Grove ranch for a […]
Florence Antoinette (Ann) Montague Maurer was born on April 21, 1932, in Henderson, NY to Dr. Terry S. and Zola E. Montague. Growing up, her father’s profession as a physician
It’s summer 1947, the year of the immense Kenai Burn: Marge and Frank Mullen are sitting at the mouth of Soldotna Creek, enjoying a rainbow trout for lunch. Through a still smoldering countryside, they have just completed a 60-mile trek, with full backpacks, from Moose Pass on the rough dirt swath that will one day be known as the Sterling Highway.