AUTHOR’S NOTE: Creating a borough government was no easy feat for the citizens and officials of the Kenai Peninsula, starting with incorporation in 1964, followed by battles over the location of the borough seat, massive governmental growth, the selection of a design for an administration building and a plan for funding. But even after all those things fell into line, completing the project was not as simple or as “cheap” as expected.

The Last Major Hurdle

The good start to the construction of the Borough Administration Building lasted only a few weeks. Then on Nov. 29, 1969—with the work estimated to be approximately 35 percent complete—a dire headline appeared on page one of the Cheechako News: “Borough Building Panels Lost in Storm at Sea.”

A few days earlier, according to the articl

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