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Margaret McCombs Story
By Carolyn Frye
April 18, 2007
Wednesday
I really enjoyed reading this story. You know those pioneers
were made of something special. It's hard to believe the work
they did just to survive. Yet, it was a wonderful life in so
many ways. Kids today don't have the opportunity to explore,
make the decisions, be with nature. It was a different life.
Carolyn Frye
College Place, WA
Received April 18, 2007 - Published April 18, 2007
About: "I am a friend
of Yvonna and used to live in Ketchikan. I always enjoy reading
some of the pioneer stories, and this is no exception."
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from the village of Kasaan," Margaret Griffin McCombs wrote
in her 1989 memoirs. "A footpath through stands of timber
followed the beach leading to the 'ranch.' Someone had built
a one-room log cabin on this site, and then abandoned it. So
the Griffin family moved in and tried to eke out a living"
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