#037 Snug Harbor Outpost: One Family’s Mission to Preserve and Share a True Alaskan Experience - Willie, Abe & Eli Porter
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Manny interviews the Porter family about their efforts to preserve Alaskan fishing heritage.
In this episode of The State I Am In, Manny sits down with Willie, Abe, and Eli Porter—multi-generational Alaskans whose story is deeply tied to the roots of commercial fishing on the Kenai Peninsula. From homesteading in the early 1900s to losing boats, building businesses, and ultimately restoring a historic cannery across Cook Inlet, the Porters are preserving a piece of Alaska that’s slowly disappearing. This is more than a story about fishing—it’s about legacy, resilience, and keeping a ...
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