Mary Alice Lee, Jeanne Ostnes and Ginger Danzer. Jeanne Ostes, the historian of Marshall, Alaska, met with Ginger and Mary Alice late in the afternoon at our hotel. I arrived in Anchorage hours later and joined the group at 7:30pm. Jeanne gave each of us a cd with old photos of Marshall. She told us Kate Plein was a very well-loved figure in the town. Jeanne is descended from a mining family with a long history in the Yukon Delta and she inherited 21 boxes of documents, photos and letters from her family. She's currently working as a legislative aide for an Alaskan congressman, but we're encouraging her to write a book. We ended up having dinner at the Millennium Hotel, across from our hotel, and Kelley joined us when she arrived from Dallas a few hours later. Jeanne is a wonderful woman with a wealth of knowledge, and Mary, Ginger and I have decided to forgive her for working for a Republican.
A view of Spenard Lake from Millennium Hotel. This lake is very popular with owners of float planes, and the planes fly in and out from the lake all day. You can just barely make out one of the docked planes at the bottom left of the photo. Shortly after this picture was taken, Kelley and I headed out to buy provisions for the big trip to Marshall the following day.
A view of Spenard Lake from Millennium Hotel. This lake is very popular with owners of float planes, and the planes fly in and out from the lake all day. You can just barely make out one of the docked planes at the bottom left of the photo. Shortly after this picture was taken, Kelley and I headed out to buy provisions for the big trip to Marshall the following day.
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