Came across this unusual obit for Charles Digory Brower. The following is from a Feb 15, 1945 "Butler Argus" newspaper article: Charles Digory Brower, "King of the Arctic" Well Known Here, Dies in Alaska Charles Digory Brower, know to his eskimo neighbors as "King of the Arctic" and well known in the Twin Towns of Butler and Bloomingdale, died recently at Point Barrow, Alaska, where he had resided since 1893 to get away from civilzation. He was born in East Orange and was 82 years of age. Mr. Brower was a cousin of the late Charles Hopper and also to Wilton G. and Marcus L Mead of Kinnelon. He was the first white man to live at Point Barrow, Alaska, and survived temperatures of 60 degress below zero, housed himself in igloss and learned to relish frozen raw meats and fish. He visited the Twin Towns last summer to renew old aquaintances. He had served as United States Commissioner, and recently was a member of Selective Service Board No. 21 which covered an ice coated area of 55,000 square miles. ----------------------- Dave Wisneski