Ketchikan Gallery: Take a look at photos outlining Melvin's live in Ketchikan, Alaska, from the book, South to Alaska.

A Remarkable Journey from the Heartland of America to the Heart of a Dream

Ketchikan Gallery: The Red Dog Arrives in Alaska

The Red Dog docked at Thomas Basin, Ketchikan, Alaska, after its arrival in July 1973.	Looking across Thomas Basin toward Pennock and Gravina Islands.

Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1975.	Thomas Basin, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1975.

Cecil with her catch of Pacific Cod on the deck of the Red Dog, Carroll Inlet south of Ketchikan.	Melvin and Nancy (author) on the bow of the unfinished Pretty Lady, Pennock Island. Melvin built the Pretty Lady after selling the Red Dog to a Wrangell fisherman.

The completed Pretty Lady. Melvin named the boat after his wife, Cecil.	Nancy on the deck of the Pretty Lady showing off her salmon catch.

Cecil and Melvin at the site of their new home on Pennock Island, across the Tongass Narrows from the Ketchikan waterfront, circa 1980.	The completed Pennock Island house.

Melvin and Cecil's "front yard."	Melvin and "Meg" returning from town.

Cecil admiring a swan feeding near their dock.	Melvin taking a nap on the Pretty Lady.

Melvin helping his grandson fish.	Melvin on the bow of the Pretty Lady.