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The Athabaskan Indians, among the first
inhabitants of the borough, founded a land which offered a rich bounty
of fish and game. Russian fur traders, in the 1700's, settled along the
shore of the Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska, amassing a harvest of
sea otters year after year.
By the turn of the 19th Century, seekers of new wealth flocked to Alaska, some settling on the Kenai Peninsula. Miners journeyed north in search of gold and founded several borough communities. Fisherman settled near the Cook Inlet to reap the harvest from the sea. Today's borough residents base their livelihood on development of vast and diverse resources which continue to bring people to the area
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