49 Voices: Lawrence Bahovec of Wrangell

Lawrence Bahovec (Photo: Aaron Bolton/KSTKThis week we’re hearing from Lawrence Bahovec in Wrangell. Bahovec has lived all over Southeast Alaska since he was a baby and recently celebrated his 100th birthday on January 4.
BAHOVEC: My father was a fisherman and trapper. He came up in 1912 to see what the country was like. Most of it was around Wrangell, up towards Juneau a little ways. That’s where he met my mother when he was fishing up around a little village.
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