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Sourdough Biography: My Father, Rick Thomson

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Sourdough Biography The person I interviewed was my dad, Rick Thomson. He was born in Gold Beach, Oregon in 1961 and then was then raised in Springfield, Oregon. In 1982, he moved to Juneau, Alaska at 21 years. In 1990, he moved to Anchorage with my mom so she could attend school at University of Alaska Anchorage. My dad has lived in Alaska for a total of 35 years and during those years has been to Southeast and Southcentral Alaska. We frequently visit the Southeast region because our family lives in Juneau. He says the best part of being a “long-term” Alaskan is experiencing the summers and being able to fish and hunt here. The worst part of being a “long-term” Alaskan to him is enduring the cold winters. The three famous Alaskans my dad would bring to dinner would be Wyatt Earp, Joseph Juneau, and Gunner Kaasen. The reason why he would bring Wyatt Earp is because he’s a western folk hero. Wyatt’s stories about him being a sheriff in the 1800’s interested my …show more content…

One of the factors that changed Alaska is once we struck oil, and became one of the biggest sources of oil in the country. My dad says that oil wealth has changed Alaska by putting us on the map. The other ways he said Alaska society has changed over the years is the population and the politico greed. Many factors increased the population, like when we struck oil, which created more jobs and opportunities for many people. My dad says in recent years Alaska has become too political to the point where politics has taken over the state. For example, our Permanent Fund Dividend is slowly decreasing annually; he fears that soon enough our PFD will disappear. Another example is limited fishing in Alaska, which is caused by the fact that commercial fishers are more important. The most significant event that happened in Alaska while my dad has lived here was the death of Ted Stevens, which occurred August 9,

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