Steve Melchior: Treasured peninsula pioneer with a sketchy past

Steve Melchior: Treasured peninsula pioneer with a sketchy past — Part 4

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Steve Melchior: Treasured peninsula pioneer with a sketchy past

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Stephan “Steve” Melchior had parleyed a partially fabricated past into a respected life as a miner and builder in Alaska. He had arrived in the Territory in the mid-1890s and spent the remainder of his life on the Kenai Peninsula.