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Pilgrims vs. Park Service
adn.com ^ | 5 Oct 2003 | By TOM KIZZIA

Posted on 10/05/2003 11:45:55 AM PDT by bicycle thug

Edited on 07/07/2004 4:49:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

McCARTHY -- Like most people who meet the Pilgrim family for the first time, Walt Wigger was mightily impressed when they showed up to buy his mine in the Wrangell Mountains.

Wigger, a crusty Fairbanks miner in his 80s, was struck by the size of the family and its energy and obvious unity of purpose. He was also impressed by the $30,000 in $100 bills that Papa Pilgrim pulled from his coat pocket -- money from cashing the family's Alaska Permanent Fund dividend checks.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; cult; expendedfamilies; parks; pilgrimfamily; usfs

1 posted on 10/05/2003 11:45:56 AM PDT by bicycle thug
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4 posted on 10/05/2003 1:41:18 PM PDT by 2timothy3.16
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Yup, just a good ole public servant.

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