Great interview. ! Thanks Rusty !

It always amazes me about Alaska. I have never met Joe but he mentioned working for Jack Lee for a couple seasons. I did the same in the late 70's and in the early early 80's for his girl friend Ellie Jones.

Just look at this thread. Many of us have never met face to face but we are still connected somewhat through Joe Want. Is Alaska the only place that this happens ?

Another example is Pete. Long before my daughter met and married Pete's son, I knew who Pete was and some of the things he'd done........from reading the trooper dispatches mostly.

I guess it must be a function of huge state and small population.

It would be nice to have more of these interviews on tape.

It would be great to have an interview like this with Cleo McMahan and old timers like him