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September 14, 2003

Alaskana: the Joe Vogler story

Alaskana: the Joe Vogler story

Sam Bishop tells the story of Alaska Independent Party figure Joe Vogler, in this Fairbanks Daily News-Miner story: "Vogler death: Conspiracy or robbery gone bad?"

    "...After growing up poor in Kansas, Vogler graduated from the state university and then earned a law degree, but never practiced. During World War II, his strong opinions led him to curse the president and got him fired from a job, so he headed for Alaska in 1942.

    "He homesteaded, logged, fished and mined.

    "Through it all, he continued cursing, literally. It was mostly aimed at the bureaucrats who were trying to bend Alaska habits to the new ways of land, water and air management..."

September 14, 2003 |

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