Title:
Vincent Boucher at His Gravina Island Farm, April 1955
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Vincent Boucher and his wife settled on Gravina Island in 1935. For decades, Boucher and his family supplied high-quality fresh produce to Ketchikan.
Though he cultivated only one of his 91 acres, his intensive farming methods - including the annual use of tons of seaweed as fertilizer - produced large crops.
Boucher died in 1985, at the age of 91. Mrs. Boucher died two years later.
Though he cultivated only one of his 91 acres, his intensive farming methods - including the annual use of tons of seaweed as fertilizer - produced large crops.
Boucher died in 1985, at the age of 91. Mrs. Boucher died two years later.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.1777
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Vincent Boucher, Gravina Island, 1955
Vincent Boucher, Gravina Island, 1955