The Old
KEN A IS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH was built in 1896
:-nd is a point of historical interest but it is newer by .i0 years
Hy the old Russian Chapel which is abandoned but still stands.
36 Years Ago—
MAIL BY DOG TEAM
Every morning except Sunday
Alexander W. “Alex” Wilson
picks up mail sacks at the Kenai
Pest Office for Soldatna, Ster
ling, Kasilof, Cohoe and Clam
Gulch. Four hours and twenty
minutes and 134 miles later he
i- back in Kenai. Alex uses an
automobile and a big part of his
3 te is over asphaH pavement.
Thirty-eight years ago Paul
Wilson Sr. picked up mail at the
Kenai Post Office for Cooper
Landing and the railroad depot
at Moose Pass, Two weeks and
196 miles later he was back in
Kenai with the monthly mail
Transpoi-tation in 1924 was by
dot team during the period from
lk ember to April, and the trail
was often unbroken snow. Many
times Paul had to break trail
both ways.
Frequently in these first years
the monthly mail for Kenai would
weigh as much as 1200 lbs. and
required double - tripping, since
600 lbs. was about maximum load
over the long and rough trail.
When double-tripping was neces
sary Paul needed all of the 14
days allowed, to relay up part
of the load, unload it and go
back and relay up the rest, often
breaking a trail through new
fallen snow.
The route followed reads like
the history of the Kenai Penin
sula. From Kenai the trail went
to Philips Cabin, Moose River,
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Ninilchik Plans
To Organize City
Niniliehik residents are con
sidering the possibility of organ
izing a local government. A com
munity meeting was held Aug. 8
with Iyeo Rhode of Homer, state
representative for this district,
discussing organization of cities
of the fourth class.
Milt Turkington, of the Homer
Chamber of Commerce, also spoke
regarding the organization and
operation of a Chamber of Com
merce.
Mr. and Mrs. John Warren and
children left Tuesday for Florida
to visit his parents. He is em
ployed at Wildwood Station.
Millers Cabin and then to Middle
Cabin, from there to Jean Lake
and then to Cooper Landing, and
La wing. Last stop and turn
around point was the Railroad
depot at Moose Pass.
Paul carried the mail for nii.e
years and made his last trip in
1934.
Many times Paul Wilson took
his son along on the mail run,
and together they broke trail with
snowshoes and loaded and re
loaded the sled when they had
to double-trip.
Today’s mail carrier Alex was
that boy, Paul Wilson Sr.’s son.
Not many people remember
Paul Wilson, and his dog team
mail route, but those that do
remember that the mail always
came through and was always on
time. There can be no higher
praise than this.
The Older
THE OLD and now deserted Kenai Chapel was founded by the
Russian monk Eguomen Nicolais, and built in 1816.
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