Homer
Homer was named for Homer Pennock, a gold mining company promoter, who arrived on the Homer Spit in 1896. Strong-willed and highly-individualistic characters have laced the entire area throughout its history. In the 1800s, homesteaders and coal miners made up the area's population, and Homer became a booming "company town" until the demand for coal diminished in the early 1900s. Some years later, the commercial harvest and processing of fish became the mainstay of the local economy, and led the growth of Homer into the commercial and transportation hub of the Southern Kenai Peninsula. Homer is known as the "Halibut Capital of the World."
Adjacent to the Kenai Mountains, this seaside community has 4,000 year-round residents. The Homer Spit, a natural attraction, is a long, narrow jutting piece of land stretching 4.5 miles into Kachemak Bay. The Spit is home to Homer's harbor and 700 charter and commercial boat operators year round, growing to 1,500 in the summer months. Homer offers all the amenities of a small, first class city, including a hospital, medical clinics, pharmacies, police and fire departments and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter for safety at sea.
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