Russell Brown was a 1952 PHS senior The "History Channel" has documented the mystery behind the disappearance of the Palisade native and two United States congressmen in a 1972 Alaskan plane crash, in a story set to air June 26.
Russell Leroy Brown, a 1952 graduate of Palisade High School, was a passenger on a campaign airplane that vanished during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau October 16, 1972.
Brown attended McCook Community College after high school, graduating in 1954. He then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, majoring in chemistry. He worked as a chemist for Alaska Fish and Wildlife in Ketchikan, Alaska, after leaving Nebraska. From there , he went into politics, Congressman Nick Begich had been a school teacher who Brown got to know well.
Russell was 37 whe he disappeared. He has a grave maker by his father's, at the Palisade Cemetery. His body-as well as the bodies of others-has never been found. And close to 30 years later, although she's sure her son is not alive, Helen Brown still wonders what may have happened to the flight over Prince William Sound. "It's really hard to tell" she said. "We may never know what happened".
By the Wauneta Breeze (6/8/2001
Russell Leroy Brown, a 1952 graduate of Palisade High School, was a passenger on a campaign airplane that vanished during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau October 16, 1972.
Brown attended McCook Community College after high school, graduating in 1954. He then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, majoring in chemistry. He worked as a chemist for Alaska Fish and Wildlife in Ketchikan, Alaska, after leaving Nebraska. From there , he went into politics, Congressman Nick Begich had been a school teacher who Brown got to know well.
Russell was 37 whe he disappeared. He has a grave maker by his father's, at the Palisade Cemetery. His body-as well as the bodies of others-has never been found. And close to 30 years later, although she's sure her son is not alive, Helen Brown still wonders what may have happened to the flight over Prince William Sound. "It's really hard to tell" she said. "We may never know what happened".
By the Wauneta Breeze (6/8/2001
Russell Brown was a 1952 PHS senior The "History Channel" has documented the mystery behind the disappearance of the Palisade native and two United States congressmen in a 1972 Alaskan plane crash, in a story set to air June 26.
Russell Leroy Brown, a 1952 graduate of Palisade High School, was a passenger on a campaign airplane that vanished during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau October 16, 1972.
Brown attended McCook Community College after high school, graduating in 1954. He then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, majoring in chemistry. He worked as a chemist for Alaska Fish and Wildlife in Ketchikan, Alaska, after leaving Nebraska. From there , he went into politics, Congressman Nick Begich had been a school teacher who Brown got to know well.
Russell was 37 whe he disappeared. He has a grave maker by his father's, at the Palisade Cemetery. His body-as well as the bodies of others-has never been found. And close to 30 years later, although she's sure her son is not alive, Helen Brown still wonders what may have happened to the flight over Prince William Sound. "It's really hard to tell" she said. "We may never know what happened".
By the Wauneta Breeze (6/8/2001
Russell Leroy Brown, a 1952 graduate of Palisade High School, was a passenger on a campaign airplane that vanished during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau October 16, 1972.
Brown attended McCook Community College after high school, graduating in 1954. He then attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, majoring in chemistry. He worked as a chemist for Alaska Fish and Wildlife in Ketchikan, Alaska, after leaving Nebraska. From there , he went into politics, Congressman Nick Begich had been a school teacher who Brown got to know well.
Russell was 37 whe he disappeared. He has a grave maker by his father's, at the Palisade Cemetery. His body-as well as the bodies of others-has never been found. And close to 30 years later, although she's sure her son is not alive, Helen Brown still wonders what may have happened to the flight over Prince William Sound. "It's really hard to tell" she said. "We may never know what happened".
By the Wauneta Breeze (6/8/2001
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