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SEPT 25 - 28 PART 4: THE LIFE OF LARS MATT OLSON

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ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 4: Lars Matt Olson Sept. 25-28, 2019 ABOVE – Cape Nome, Alaska, 1900. Wikipedia photo. BELOW – Nome, Alaska, circa 1905-8. Wikipedia photo. OLSON OF THE DEEP EXPERIENCE NOME, ALASKA -- 1899 PART 4 And so Olson’s story continues. A story of his life would really be – as an old pioneer in Seward told me – a history of Alaska. Because Olson has never succeeded he has been everywhere and tried everything. I have not done him justice in my abridgment of his Nome story. His recollections are so intimate. He remembers the words spoken in every situation and never, no matter how much and adventure centers around himself, does he depart from what he tells of himself from his character as I know him. Rockwell Kent in Wilderness, Monday, December 9, 1918. Yesterday was Olson’s day for celebrating and many times we drank to the New Year together. But