Blue Fox, Cat Island, ca. 1912

• Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1912
• Subjects: Arctic fox > Alaska > Cat Island; Arctic; Cat Island; Four Islands; Arctic Fox; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/332

PH Coll 247.798 As work in the mines declined and the price paid for furs increased, fox farming began to prosper. By 1919, twenty-one fox farmers held Chugach National Forest permits for the Sound's 19 fox farms. At least half of the permit-holders were oldtimers who had arrived before or duri...