The VISTA Alaska Letters: Little Russian Mission 1969-1970

In 1969 I went to Alaska as a VISTA Volunteer. I spent the year in Little Russian Mission - now Chauthbaluk - on the Kuskokuim River in western Alaska. It was the best and most educational year I ever spent as an adult. I built my cabin, learned to live without electricity, running water, TV, radio, telephones, regular mail service, roads, or other things we took for granted even 50 years ago.