Aerial color snapshot taken of Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy's homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The photograph was taken circa 1980 by an unidentified photographer and depicts wood frame buildings,...
Diary kept by Harold Pomeroy in 1949 during his preparations for and first year of homesteading at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. 315 pages. In the diary, Harold documents lists of supplies gathered for homesteading, his drive...
Harold Pomeroy (at left, leaning over a wheelbarrow) and other members of the Pomeroy family harvesting cabbages and cauliflower from the garden at their homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, circa 1950-1956. The...
Harold Pomeroy and Roxalana Skobelska process lumber in a sawmill in Alaska. A large pile of sawdust and a stack of lumber are visible in the foreground. 1952. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Henry Middleton stands with axe raised, splitting firewood outside a cabin at Fritz Creek Road, Homer, Alaska. A dog and young child watch. 1952. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Image shows a person operating a machine, clearing the ground for the Dow homestead, located near the Knik River bridge. Original photograph size: 5 3/4" x 3 1/2".
Photograph shows a man and a woman using a two handed saw to trim a log. They are settlers building iin Palmer as part of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colonization Project. Two wooden buildings and other homesteading...
Roxalana Skobelska tends to tomato and bean plants in a greenhouse on the Pomeroy Farm, Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Large wood burning stove for heating the greenhouse is visible in the foreground. 1952. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...