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In 1964 my parents, Bob and Patsy Ross decided to take jobs in Alaska teaching in small villages. The family, Scott, Barb, Rick and Mike and a ton of luggage were all packed up and flown to the first school in Togiak. As the folks from Togiak know, it's a village north of Dillingham in Bristol Bay. I can't say much about the place now, it's been a while since I was there and being 10 at the time, some of the details are a bit fuzzy. I do remember the mud flats, extending hundreds of feet from shore, I remember feeling totally out of place, and the flood. An exciting first year in Alaska. After a year in Togiak we moved to Shishmaref. We lived there two years, a better length to get more acquainted with people. Shishmaref has become quite the world topic as the first casualty of global warming. We were there in 65 and 66 and had a great time. The last year was spent in Shungnak on the Kobuk river. A beautiful village with trees, which we hadn't seen for years and a clear cold river flowing by. We left in 1968 to return to the lower 48. Correspondence school wasn't going well and the schools stopped at 8th grade, so the decision was made to head south. The site is to make available the pictures that my dad (Bob) took while we were in Alaska, to the people that lived there before and after we came. I'm grouping the pictures by Village, but all are welcome to peruse the other pictures. Right click and save any pictures you'd like. I hope you enjoy!
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This site was last updated 08/05/08