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AUTHOR’S NOTE: Best friends Ira Little and Marvin Smith came from California to the Kenai Peninsula in 1947. They homesteaded in the area that would soon be known as Soldotna and began building productive lives.
For the better part of a decade on the central Kenai Peninsula, the lives of Ira Little and Marvin Smith were inextricably linked. In fact, it was rare to read or hear about one without the other. It was usually “Smith and Little” this or “Smith and Little” that.
The lives of Ira Little and Marvin Smith were inextricably linked
Although their time on the peninsula was brief, they made an impact
“Over the hill came two people on an Allis-Chalmers tractor … ”