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  • Pilgrims vs. Park Service

    10/05/2003 11:45:55 AM PDT · by bicycle thug · 4 replies · 178+ views
    adn.com ^ | 5 Oct 2003 | By TOM KIZZIA
    <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>