August 24, 2018 Part 2
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 August, 24, 2018 Part 2 The Admiral Farragut docked in Seward shortly after six in the morning on Saturday, August 24, 1918. Rockwell and Rocky were among the six passengers listed in the Seward Gateway who disembarked at Seward. Some of the eleven steerage not listed – probably laborers and railroad workers – may also have landed. Smaller vessels would take the eight passengers headed to Anchorage, three for Seldovia and fourteen for Kodiak. Four passengers were round trippers. The vessel unloaded tons of cargo and mail for Seward, and seventy-five tons for Anchorage. Four hours after landing, the Admiral Farragut left port. Kent registered at the Sexton Hotel where he probably met George Sexton, the owner – and later his daughter, local photographer businesswoman Sylvia Sexton. At thirteen years old, she arrived with her family at Skagway during the