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Art Koeninger talks to William Schneider and David Krupa
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Chitina\ Texas\ dad - college professor\ Alaska - historic
aspects\ artist\ Huntsville, TX - grew up\ Koeninger, Art - local
historic park tour guide\ family - artistic\ sculpture class -
college\ metal sculpture\ jewelry|
dad - sociology professor\ parents - examples of civic
responsibility\ dad - trip to Alaska 1920's\ dad - worked in McKinley
Park\ dad - help build park road\ Savage River\ dad - worked in
Western National Parks\ Koeninger, Art - visit National Parks when
young\ parents - met in Estes National Park\ dad - retirement\ dad -
return trip to Alaska\ Koeninger, Art - Michigan|
McKinley park\ trip to Alaska\ Wonder Lake\ Koeninger, Art -
remained in Alaska\ Anchorage - custom jeweler\ Begich, Nick,
Jr.|
Koeninger, Art - cabin life\ Begich, Nick\ Chitina\ dip netting\
fish camp\ Kennecott\ McCarthy\ land auction - Anchorage\ Town Lake\
Koeninger, Art - bought 4 lots|
salvage - derelict buildings\ Tin Shop\ historic preservation\
Gibert, Sally\ National Register - historic structures\ Koeninger,
Art - grant from National Register|
Tin Shop - rebuilt\ parents - visit in summers|
Koeninger, Art - art gallery\ Alaskan artists\ Koeninger, Art -
social action\ Vietnam War\ Civil Rights\ Koeninger, Art - worked
with migrant farm workers - Michigan\ Koeninger, Art - local
volunteer fire department\ Emergency Medical Services - first
responder|
Koeninger, Art - 1978 move\ road - not paved\ electricity - lack
of\ telephone - 1 in Chitina\ road - now paved\ Chitina Native
Corporation\ hydro project\ private telephones\ Chitina - being
discovered\ traffic - increase\ dogs\ buildings - lost some\
construction - new\ people - turn over of|
National Park\ McCarthy\ accidents - increases\ outhouses\ trash
problems\ Chitina - growth\ parking - problems\ accident response
time\ Koeninger, Art - volunteer fire department|
Chitina - natural growth\ dip netting\ tourism\ logging\ lodge -
none exist\ cafe\ winter accommodations\ unmet potential|
Chitina - built 1910\ railroad\ Chitina Leader - newspaper\
Schaupp, Fred and Catherine\ Chitina - tent city\ Schaupp, Fred -
sheet metal worker\ Schaupp, Fred - born 1875\ Schaupp, Fred -
California\ Schaupp, Catherine - college in California\ Nome Gold
Rush\ Fairbanks\ Schaupp's - 3 children\ Cordova - moved 1918\
California - moved back 1925|
Schaupp, Ed - visit\ Schaupp, Ed - sister\ Tin Shop - gutted out\
insulation\ foundation - redone\ basement - excavated|
Tin Shop - tall\ stove pipes\ flashing\ roof jacks\ hardware\
boilers and stoves\ metal repairs\ Schaupp, Fred - smith of hollow
ware\ Ziegler, Eustice - painter|
metal sculpture\ jewelry making\ Koeninger, Art - self taught\
Visual Art Center - Anchorage\ hollow ware - pewter\ shop -
completion\ gallery - Art Koeninger\ Koeninger, Art - custom order\
Artists in Schools Program\ Ketchikan\ Arctic Circle\ Kobuk
River|
Koeninger, Art - arrived before park\ park impact - speculations
1970's\ Glennallen\ grant - historic preservation\ grant - National
Park Service\ park - visitors\ Koeninger, Art - business grown with
park\ park rangers\ park volunteers|
Koeninger, Art - doesn't use park\ McCarthy corridor\ Koeninger,
Art - observed much\ National Park Service - large bureaucracy\
Hannah, Jim|
attacks - against park employees\ Koeninger, Art - doesn't hunt\
fishing\ privileges - Wrangell-St Elias|
Cordova - road\ railroad - shut down 1938\ railroad - turn into
highway\ Pioneer Toll Road - proposal\ Department of Transportation -
bulldozing to Cordova\ Haley Creek\ public review - none|
Governor's office\ railroad - historical register\ Department of
Transportation\ Haley Creek\ dip netting\ History and Archaeology
Office\ Tiekel River\ Corps of Engineers\ Fish and Game|
violations - fresh water\ Wood Canyon\ road - expensive to build\
Copper River Flats\ road - doesn't make sense\ Environmental Impact
Study - haven't seen\ ferry system\ issues - not been discussed|
road - polarizing issue\ Koeninger, Art - anti-road\ road -
maintenance\ Koeninger, Art - maintain as is|
changes\ locals - overwhelmed\ Wrangell-St. Elias\ dip netting\
tourism\ Koeninger, Art - optimistic\ people - speaking up\
Department of Transportation - Glennallen\ O'Brien Creek\ Copper
River Road\ Chitina - pedestrian bike path|
Chitina - falls between cracks\ RAPIDS - multi-agency community
needs assessment\ dip net - plan\ Native property - trespass\ real
estate - inflation|
tourism - opportunities\ Chitina\ tourism - no planning\ Hickel,
Walter Gov. - lack of understanding|
property taxes\ Copper Valley\ development - lack of
responsibilities\ sales tax\ fire hall|
state - control\ Koeninger, Art - rescue story\ revenue -
community services\ developers - help find solutions|
perspectives on problems\ Park Service\ tourists|
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