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Steve Melchior: Treasured peninsula pioneer with a sketchy past

KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, ALASKA, JUL 17 – Steve Melchior left his family to start anew on the Kenai Peninsula, where he built mining operations and won property disputes, maintaining ownership until his death in 1933.

Summary by Homer News
AUTHOR’S NOTE: An adulthood constructed on a web of lies eventually led Stephan “Steve” Melchior to leave his wife and five children (two adopted daughters and three biological sons). He departed for Alaska and spent the remainder of his life on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Homer News broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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