Individuals deciding to explore Kenai’s historic district might start their journey by turning off the Kenai Spur Highway onto Main Street by the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center, then taking a right onto Overland Avenue. About 700 feet from this turn, the road bends left, and at this point a cluster of buildings, at least two of which are liberally flaking white paint, comes into view.

In the front of the building numbered 502A is an information sign, telling visitors that, more than 40 years earlier, this structure had been the headquarters for the Kenai National Moose Range, predecessor of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Before that, according to the sign—which does contain some minor inaccuracies—this parcel of land was home to an agricultural experiment station.

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