Steve Leavitt arrived in Haines this spring with a backhoe, a trailer full of tools and a dream to build a cabin.
“Nothing big or fancy, but something homey and fun.”
Until about a week ago, the 66-year-old retired ironworker also had a partner in the venture, Jimmy Gojdics, a fellow retired ironworker and reality show character from Fairbanks who bought a forested acre of land off Mount Riley Road years ago.
This week, Leavitt…