PART 1 - NEW YEAR'S EVE -- 1918
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 Part I - New Year’s Eve 1918 BELOW -- Looking south out toward Resurrection Bay at 9:12 a.m. today -- Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Yesterday was miserable -- rainy and windy. But this is what we woke up to this morning. I show this to illustrate not only how quickly weather changes here along the coast of Alaska, but also how radical the change can be. Kent experienced the same conditions this time of year on Fox Island, and on days like today with a rising sun like this one, you can see why he called this place his Northern Paradise. Fox Island is at center under the dark cloud. Capra photo. It’s New Year’s Eve -- 1918 -- in New York City. Kathleen Kent is busy as usual with the care of little Kathleen, Clara and Barbara. The “kiddies” have been ill off and on, and with the influenza still gripping the world, there’s always concern. When the children are sick, she’s homebo...