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Wood Island, Kodiak, Alaska.
*>'her people uround Kodiak, to the
end.
The invention of artificial ice car
ried away Wood Island enteip.iac
till* xpeitedly for the natives, every
thing came to a stand still, business
n closed up; little by little people
acre leaving the place, till about
h.dl of them left fi*r dilteient places.
Merchandise on hand, horses, cat
t !c hw eii Holdf the ice stored in the
houses was left there to resume its
state, no more to heal the sound of
turn to bell, no more to hear the
voice of a foreman, and no sound of
a blacksmith any more and no more
bread ready made, (for the people at
that time had no cooking stoves).
Yes, the place was dead, enough
but the people did not starve yet.
The A. C. Co. of Kodiak, supplied
them each year summer and winter,
from that time, with provisions to
hunt fur bearing animals for them,
and it was a big help to them since
they were out of work.
In about the year 1891. the firm
of North American Commercial Co.
of San Francisco established a fur
trading station and other places in
Alaska 1 -d they also had lease from
the U. S. Government for 20 years
the Pribilof islands St. Paul and St.
t.eorge (the fur seal rookeries).
As there were but few buildings
left standing on the Ice Company’s
plant, and the only one of any use
fulness it whs that storehouse which
stands yet near the lake. So this cor
poration started anew, first most im
portant a wharf, then agent’s house,
employes twc story building, new
store, ‘ at penter and blacksmith shops
warehouse, stables and so on small
out house which nil of these structur
es are still, but half delapidated, still
remain standing to the wonder of a
stranger who may come over to the
island and see these buildings still
standing.
The N. A. C. Co. was not succcs
ful either (nr the most important
furheuritig animal, the Sea titter,
which was almost exterminated hy
hunting it down year hy year with
schooners and firearms. The land
fur did not amount to enough to
keep the ht'Mness up, so they closed
out the business in about twelve