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Richard Proenneke

2009-07-16T16:00:57Z

Zzsql: /* Death and legacy */ fix his age at death. Thought it was 87. Unclear month at return to civilization.

{{Unreferenced|date=January 2009}}
[[Image:Richard Proenneke.jpg|thumb|Richard Proenneke]]

'''Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke''' ([[May 4]] [[1916]]–[[April 28]], [[2003]]) was a [[natural history|naturalist]] and [[survivalist]] who lived alone in the high mountains of [[Alaska]] at a place called [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]]. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both [[meteorology|meteorological]] and natural data.

==Life==
Proenneke's father, William Christian Proenneke, served in [[World War I]] and later made his living as a well driller. His mother, Laura ([[Née]] Bonn) worked as a [[homemaker]]. His parents married in late 1909, or early 1910, and started a family: three daughters and three sons: Robert, Helen, Lorene, Richard, Florence, and Raymond Proenneke. The year of Richard's birth is often given as 1917, but social security and census records prove him to have been born in Primrose, [[Harrison Township#Iowa|Harrison Township]], [[Lee County, Iowa|Lee County]], [[Iowa]], on 4 May 1916.

Proenneke served in the [[United States Navy]] as a [[carpenter]] during [[World War II]]. It was during this service that he contracted [[rheumatic fever]] and was bedridden for nearly six months. According to [[Sam Keith]], a life-long friend from [[Duxbury (town), Massachusetts|Duxbury, Massachusetts]], this illness was very revealing for Proenneke, who decided to devote the rest of his life to the strength and health of his body.

Following his discharge from the Navy, Proenneke went to school to become a [[diesel engine|diesel]] [[mechanic]]. The combination of his high [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]], unique [[adaptability]], and strong [[work ethic]] turned him into a very skilled mechanic. Though quite adept at his trade, Proenneke succumbed to the call of [[nature]] within him and moved to [[Oregon]] to work at a [[sheep]] ranch. He moved to [[Shuyak Island]], Alaska in 1950.

For several years he worked as a heavy equipment operator and repairman on the naval base at [[Kodiak]]. Proenneke spent the next several years working throughout the state of Alaska as both a [[salmon]] [[fishing|fisherman]] and diesel mechanic. He worked for the [[Fish and Wildlife Service]] at [[King Salmon]] on the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. His skills as a mechanic were well-known and extremely sought after, and he was able to put away a modest [[wikt:nest egg|nest egg]] for retirement. Proenneke retired to [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]].

==Retirement==

On [[May 21]], [[1968]], Proenneke arrived at his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes. Before arriving at the lakes, he made arrangements to use a [[log cabin|cabin]] on the upper lake of Twin Lakes owned by a retired Navy captain, Spike Carrithers, and his wife Hope from [[Kodiak]], (in whose care he had left his camper). This cabin was well situated on the lake and close to the site which Proenneke chose for the construction of his own cabin. Proenneke's [[bush pilot]] friend, Babe Alsworth, returned occasionally to bring food and orders that Proenneke placed through him to [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]].

Proenneke remained at Twin Lakes for the next 16 months, when he left to go home for a spell to visit relatives and secure more supplies. He returned to the lakes in the following spring and remained there for most of the next 30 years, coming to the lower 48 only occasionally to be with his family.

==Death and legacy==
In 1999, at age 82, Proenneke returned to civilization and lived the remainder of his life with his brother in California. He [[death|died]] of a [[stroke]] [[April 28]], [[2003]] at the age of 86. He left his cabin to the parks service and it remains today as a popular visitor attraction in the still-remote Twin Lakes region.

In 1973, [[Sam Keith]] edited the book ''[[One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey]]'' (ISBN 0-88240-513-6), from Proenneke's journals and photography. In 2005, some of Proenneke's film, ''Alone in the Wilderness'', began appearing on [[Public Broadcasting Service|U.S. Public Television]]. Primarily, the film consists of shots of Proenneke performing tasks around his cabin, canoeing and walking, and views of wildlife, along with narration. For shots of himself (since he was alone), Proenneke fixed the camera in place, and then performed his tasks. This would necessitate him returning to the camera after walking or canoeing away.

Also in 2005, the National Park Service and the [[Alaska Natural History Association]] published ''More Readings From One Man's Wilderness,'' another volume of Proenneke's journal entries. The book, edited by longtime Lake Clark National Park employee and friend-of-Proenneke John Branson, covers the years when the Park was established. Dick also had a very close relationship with the Park Service; assisting them video taping sensitive areas and notifying them if poachers were in the area.
The actual location on the Upper Twin Lake is at coordinates {{coord|60|38|59|N|153|48|38|W|display=inline,title}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke] From the National Park Service. 500 pg, illustrated, 50 MB
*[http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm NPS page about Richard Proenneke]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/ Alone in the Wilderness at IMDB]
*[http://www.photo-mark.com/photographs/lake-clark-national-park/ Photos of the landscape in Lake Clark National Park]
*[http://www.discovermachine.com/maps/99 Map showing the location of Proenneke's cabin]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proenneke, Richard}}
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from stroke]]
[[Category:People from Iowa]]
[[Category:American naturalists]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]

Richard Proenneke

2009-07-16T15:54:41Z

Zzsql: /* Death and legacy */ added age at death for readability.

{{Unreferenced|date=January 2009}}
[[Image:Richard Proenneke.jpg|thumb|Richard Proenneke]]

'''Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke''' ([[May 4]] [[1916]]–[[April 28]], [[2003]]) was a [[natural history|naturalist]] and [[survivalist]] who lived alone in the high mountains of [[Alaska]] at a place called [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]]. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both [[meteorology|meteorological]] and natural data.

==Life==
Proenneke's father, William Christian Proenneke, served in [[World War I]] and later made his living as a well driller. His mother, Laura ([[Née]] Bonn) worked as a [[homemaker]]. His parents married in late 1909, or early 1910, and started a family: three daughters and three sons: Robert, Helen, Lorene, Richard, Florence, and Raymond Proenneke. The year of Richard's birth is often given as 1917, but social security and census records prove him to have been born in Primrose, [[Harrison Township#Iowa|Harrison Township]], [[Lee County, Iowa|Lee County]], [[Iowa]], on 4 May 1916.

Proenneke served in the [[United States Navy]] as a [[carpenter]] during [[World War II]]. It was during this service that he contracted [[rheumatic fever]] and was bedridden for nearly six months. According to [[Sam Keith]], a life-long friend from [[Duxbury (town), Massachusetts|Duxbury, Massachusetts]], this illness was very revealing for Proenneke, who decided to devote the rest of his life to the strength and health of his body.

Following his discharge from the Navy, Proenneke went to school to become a [[diesel engine|diesel]] [[mechanic]]. The combination of his high [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]], unique [[adaptability]], and strong [[work ethic]] turned him into a very skilled mechanic. Though quite adept at his trade, Proenneke succumbed to the call of [[nature]] within him and moved to [[Oregon]] to work at a [[sheep]] ranch. He moved to [[Shuyak Island]], Alaska in 1950.

For several years he worked as a heavy equipment operator and repairman on the naval base at [[Kodiak]]. Proenneke spent the next several years working throughout the state of Alaska as both a [[salmon]] [[fishing|fisherman]] and diesel mechanic. He worked for the [[Fish and Wildlife Service]] at [[King Salmon]] on the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. His skills as a mechanic were well-known and extremely sought after, and he was able to put away a modest [[wikt:nest egg|nest egg]] for retirement. Proenneke retired to [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]].

==Retirement==

On [[May 21]], [[1968]], Proenneke arrived at his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes. Before arriving at the lakes, he made arrangements to use a [[log cabin|cabin]] on the upper lake of Twin Lakes owned by a retired Navy captain, Spike Carrithers, and his wife Hope from [[Kodiak]], (in whose care he had left his camper). This cabin was well situated on the lake and close to the site which Proenneke chose for the construction of his own cabin. Proenneke's [[bush pilot]] friend, Babe Alsworth, returned occasionally to bring food and orders that Proenneke placed through him to [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]].

Proenneke remained at Twin Lakes for the next 16 months, when he left to go home for a spell to visit relatives and secure more supplies. He returned to the lakes in the following spring and remained there for most of the next 30 years, coming to the lower 48 only occasionally to be with his family.

==Death and legacy==
In 1999, at age 82, Proenneke returned to civilization and lived the remainder of his life with his brother in California. He [[death|died]] of a [[stroke]] [[April 28]], [[2003]] at the age of 87. He left his cabin to the parks service and it remains today as a popular visitor attraction in the still-remote Twin Lakes region.

In 1973, [[Sam Keith]] edited the book ''[[One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey]]'' (ISBN 0-88240-513-6), from Proenneke's journals and photography. In 2005, some of Proenneke's film, ''Alone in the Wilderness'', began appearing on [[Public Broadcasting Service|U.S. Public Television]]. Primarily, the film consists of shots of Proenneke performing tasks around his cabin, canoeing and walking, and views of wildlife, along with narration. For shots of himself (since he was alone), Proenneke fixed the camera in place, and then performed his tasks. This would necessitate him returning to the camera after walking or canoeing away.

Also in 2005, the National Park Service and the [[Alaska Natural History Association]] published ''More Readings From One Man's Wilderness,'' another volume of Proenneke's journal entries. The book, edited by longtime Lake Clark National Park employee and friend-of-Proenneke John Branson, covers the years when the Park was established. Dick also had a very close relationship with the Park Service; assisting them video taping sensitive areas and notifying them if poachers were in the area.
The actual location on the Upper Twin Lake is at coordinates {{coord|60|38|59|N|153|48|38|W|display=inline,title}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke] From the National Park Service. 500 pg, illustrated, 50 MB
*[http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm NPS page about Richard Proenneke]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/ Alone in the Wilderness at IMDB]
*[http://www.photo-mark.com/photographs/lake-clark-national-park/ Photos of the landscape in Lake Clark National Park]
*[http://www.discovermachine.com/maps/99 Map showing the location of Proenneke's cabin]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proenneke, Richard}}
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from stroke]]
[[Category:People from Iowa]]
[[Category:American naturalists]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]

Richard Proenneke

2009-07-16T15:48:26Z

Zzsql: /* External links */ Removed a link to nps.gov. page no longer exists.

{{Unreferenced|date=January 2009}}
[[Image:Richard Proenneke.jpg|thumb|Richard Proenneke]]

'''Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke''' ([[May 4]] [[1916]]–[[April 28]], [[2003]]) was a [[natural history|naturalist]] and [[survivalist]] who lived alone in the high mountains of [[Alaska]] at a place called [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]]. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both [[meteorology|meteorological]] and natural data.

==Life==
Proenneke's father, William Christian Proenneke, served in [[World War I]] and later made his living as a well driller. His mother, Laura ([[Née]] Bonn) worked as a [[homemaker]]. His parents married in late 1909, or early 1910, and started a family: three daughters and three sons: Robert, Helen, Lorene, Richard, Florence, and Raymond Proenneke. The year of Richard's birth is often given as 1917, but social security and census records prove him to have been born in Primrose, [[Harrison Township#Iowa|Harrison Township]], [[Lee County, Iowa|Lee County]], [[Iowa]], on 4 May 1916.

Proenneke served in the [[United States Navy]] as a [[carpenter]] during [[World War II]]. It was during this service that he contracted [[rheumatic fever]] and was bedridden for nearly six months. According to [[Sam Keith]], a life-long friend from [[Duxbury (town), Massachusetts|Duxbury, Massachusetts]], this illness was very revealing for Proenneke, who decided to devote the rest of his life to the strength and health of his body.

Following his discharge from the Navy, Proenneke went to school to become a [[diesel engine|diesel]] [[mechanic]]. The combination of his high [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]], unique [[adaptability]], and strong [[work ethic]] turned him into a very skilled mechanic. Though quite adept at his trade, Proenneke succumbed to the call of [[nature]] within him and moved to [[Oregon]] to work at a [[sheep]] ranch. He moved to [[Shuyak Island]], Alaska in 1950.

For several years he worked as a heavy equipment operator and repairman on the naval base at [[Kodiak]]. Proenneke spent the next several years working throughout the state of Alaska as both a [[salmon]] [[fishing|fisherman]] and diesel mechanic. He worked for the [[Fish and Wildlife Service]] at [[King Salmon]] on the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. His skills as a mechanic were well-known and extremely sought after, and he was able to put away a modest [[wikt:nest egg|nest egg]] for retirement. Proenneke retired to [[Twin Lakes (Alaska)|Twin Lakes]].

==Retirement==

On [[May 21]], [[1968]], Proenneke arrived at his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes. Before arriving at the lakes, he made arrangements to use a [[log cabin|cabin]] on the upper lake of Twin Lakes owned by a retired Navy captain, Spike Carrithers, and his wife Hope from [[Kodiak]], (in whose care he had left his camper). This cabin was well situated on the lake and close to the site which Proenneke chose for the construction of his own cabin. Proenneke's [[bush pilot]] friend, Babe Alsworth, returned occasionally to bring food and orders that Proenneke placed through him to [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]].

Proenneke remained at Twin Lakes for the next 16 months, when he left to go home for a spell to visit relatives and secure more supplies. He returned to the lakes in the following spring and remained there for most of the next 30 years, coming to the lower 48 only occasionally to be with his family.

==Death and legacy==
In 1999, at age 82, Proenneke returned to civilization and lived the remainder of his life with his brother in California. He [[death|died]] of a [[stroke]] [[April 28]], [[2003]]. He left his cabin to the parks service and it remains today as a popular visitor attraction in the still-remote Twin Lakes region.

In 1973, [[Sam Keith]] edited the book ''[[One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey]]'' (ISBN 0-88240-513-6), from Proenneke's journals and photography. In 2005, some of Proenneke's film, ''Alone in the Wilderness'', began appearing on [[Public Broadcasting Service|U.S. Public Television]]. Primarily, the film consists of shots of Proenneke performing tasks around his cabin, canoeing and walking, and views of wildlife, along with narration. For shots of himself (since he was alone), Proenneke fixed the camera in place, and then performed his tasks. This would necessitate him returning to the camera after walking or canoeing away.

Also in 2005, the National Park Service and the [[Alaska Natural History Association]] published ''More Readings From One Man's Wilderness,'' another volume of Proenneke's journal entries. The book, edited by longtime Lake Clark National Park employee and friend-of-Proenneke John Branson, covers the years when the Park was established. Dick also had a very close relationship with the Park Service; assisting them video taping sensitive areas and notifying them if poachers were in the area.
The actual location on the Upper Twin Lake is at coordinates {{coord|60|38|59|N|153|48|38|W|display=inline,title}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke] From the National Park Service. 500 pg, illustrated, 50 MB
*[http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm NPS page about Richard Proenneke]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/ Alone in the Wilderness at IMDB]
*[http://www.photo-mark.com/photographs/lake-clark-national-park/ Photos of the landscape in Lake Clark National Park]
*[http://www.discovermachine.com/maps/99 Map showing the location of Proenneke's cabin]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proenneke, Richard}}
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from stroke]]
[[Category:People from Iowa]]
[[Category:American naturalists]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]