Alaska Frontier Nurse
1930'S Autobiography of Lois Kroll, Henry's mother
While working for the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
and as Public Health Nurse in Alaska, Lois delivered more than 200 babies.
Lois first came to Alaska in 1937 after answering a small
newspaper ad requesting a Public Health Nurse in Seldovia, Alaska. She applied
for the position and to her surprise was accepted. When the Alaska Steamship
Company ship, Aleutian arrived in Seldovia she remarked in her diary, "I
met the outgoing nurse and inherited her cat and the boyfriend."
Upon arriving in Seldovia, Lois discovered that the
landscape was dotted with outhouses. The people had no running water and were
drinking polluted well water. Influenza, colds, and dysentery ran rapidly
through the population. She immediately petitioned the Town Council to raise
money for a pipeline and organized a group of men to install the water line
from a makeshift dam at Fish Creek. Her job consisted of inoculating the
population against typhoid, diphtheria, and smallpox and generally improve the
living conditions and health of the people. Her territory was Seldovia, Homer,
Kenai, Anchor Point, Port Graham and English Bay. The city of Soldotna didn't
exist yet.
Having babies is a life and death matter. The stress of this
occupation can wear heavy on a person after a few years. Here in her own words
is her story titled, Frontier Living written for the Seattle,
Ballard Senior Center 1990.
Send Check or Money Order to:
Henry Kroll
Henry Kroll
513 Peninsula Avenue
Kenai, Alaska 99611
Phone: (907) 740-0386
Author - Lois Kroll
Published 2014
85 pages with illustrations
$20 Paperback + $5 postage www.GuardDogbooks.com
Published 2014
85 pages with illustrations
$20 Paperback + $5 postage www.GuardDogbooks.com
Mad Trapper of Alaska
Legendary pioneer and bush pilot.
This is the story of Henry Kroll I, who ran away from home
at age eight and was raised by the Nez Perce Indians, learning their language
and culture. He later became a circus strongman, chopper pilot, commercial
fisherman, and deputy US Marshall. Henry was a constant source of invention and
excelled at everything he did. He was fluent in seven languages. As a musician,
he played every instrument. Every day was an adventure. From trapping live
wolverines to defending himself from a bear with an axe, there was nothing he
couldn't do. Read about the adventures of this fascinating man.
Send Check or Money Order to:
Henry Kroll
Henry Kroll
513 Peninsula Avenue
Kenai, Alaska 99611
Phone: (907) 740-0386
Factual accounts by various authors, Henry KrollPublished 2014
100 pages, well-illustrated
$20 Paperback + $5 postage www.GuardDogBooks.com
