FEB. 25-28, 1919 & PART 3 OF KATHLEEN'S JANUARY LETTERS TO ROCKWELL
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 February 25 – 28, 1919 – 2019 Part 3 -- Kathleen’s January letters to Rockwell ABOVE – A Jim Pfeiffenberger photo titled "Otter Morning" -- note the sea otter on its back in the foreground. Taken this last day of February 2019. Fox Island and the entrance to Resurrection Bay in the distance. Kent and his son arrive back on Fox Island on February 25, 1919. They’ve spent several days in Seward collecting new mail from the arriving steamships and writing letters to go out. Ironically, just as Kent readies to leave Alaska, he finds himself more than welcomed in town with many offers of housing, meals, sleepovers for Rockie with other children, and travel bargains. People are even curious about his paintings and want to see them. The Seward Chamber of Commerce has invited him to speak and have probably offered him a letter of recommendation. There is a historical...