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This photo of Warren Melville Nutter, holding a dead juvenile bald eagle that he shot for the bounty, appeared in the May 1938 edition of The Alaska Sportsman Magazine. The photo was probably taken near the mouth of Hidden Creek on Skilak Lake.

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Finding Mister Nutter — Part 4

AUTHOR’S NOTE: After more than two decades serving in the military and teaching in various classrooms, Warren Melville…

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This classic chicken salad is bright and tangy.

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Afternoon chicken salad

Armed with a radio and her lotion she would crawl out the upstairs bedroom window to sunbathe on…

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This roasted pumpkin, apple and carrot soup is smooth and sweet.

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Soothing soup for fall days

This roasted pumpkin, apple and carrot soup is perfect for a sick kid and worried-sick parents

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Market sales break annual records

Thank you for supporting our local food system

This is a display of some of the hunting items that Warren Melville Nutter carried when he moved to Alaska in the summer of 1930. (Photo courtesy of the Nutter Family Collection)

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Finding Mister Nutter — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: On the Kenai Peninsula, Warren Melville Nutter would become known primarily as a premiere bounty trapper…

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The last Saturday Market

Show your appreciation to market staff and vendors for their hard work this season

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Gilbert Witt, pictured here in about 1930, was the troubled first husband of Muriel Grunert, who later married Warren Melville Nutter.

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Finding Mister Nutter — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Warren Melville Nutter — known by many residents of the Kenai Peninsula as “William” or “Bill”…

These chai latte cookies are fragrant and complex, perfect for autumn evenings at the table. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Card night cookies

These chai latte cookies are fragrant and complex, perfect for autumn evenings at the table

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Conservation Corner: The ideal time to test your soil

As the growing season winds down, now is the time to test your soil

Warren Melville Nutter, seen here holding a black bear cub in an undated photo likely taken in Hope, lived nearly half of his life on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo courtesy of the Nutter Family Collection)

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Finding Mister Nutter — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My search for Warren Melville Nutter began as part of a book project with former backcountry…