STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society will hold the annual Sam O. White Day, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 10. The event will be hosted by Sam’s distant cousin Emerson Dyer.

Sam was born and raised on Eustis Ridge and after his duty in the First World War, moved to Alaska. He was the first bush pilot/Game Warden in the world. The book, “Sam O. White, Alaskan,” is now available at Country Charm in Stratton. For more information, call 246-5871.

Sam did a good job of documenting his life and sending pictures, newspaper clippings and other documents back to the people he loved. His family has chosen to share their memorabila with the public and to house it in the Dead River Area Historical Society.

The historical society’s special days are not presentations but a gathering of people knowledgeable about the featured subject.

The Dead River Area Historical Society is open every weekend throughout July and August from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Displays include a collection of old carpentry and logging tools, china, glass, church organ, furniture from native families, a complete schoolroom, a memorial room to the “lost” towns of Flagstaff and Dead River, the lineage of several native families, and a host of memorabilia from native homesteads.