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Kenai Conversation: Kenai Peninsula history with author Laurel Downing Bill

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The Hope and Sunrise Historical and Mining Museum on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Hope, Alaska.
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The Hope and Sunrise Historical and Mining Museum on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in Hope, Alaska.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Laurel Downing Bill, an Alaska historian and author of “Aunt Phil’s Trunk. To talk about Kenai Peninsula history during the earlier 1900s.

Bill will give a talk at the Hope and Sunrise Historical and Mining Museum on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Hope. More information about Bill and her published works can be found on her website.

Laurel Downing Bill
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Laurel Downing Bill

Prior to joining KDLL's news team in May 2024, O'Hara spent nearly four years reporting for the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai. Before that, she was a freelance reporter for The New York Times, a statehouse reporter for the Columbia Missourian and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. You can reach her at aohara@kdll.org
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