The AnchorED City

S4:E4 - What Is Possible?: Decriminalized Marijuana, a Defunct Brewery & Substance Use in Alaska

On this episode we will turn our attention to two different historical stories about mind altering substances…one the legal sale of beer, and the other, Alaska’s long history of semi-legal and legal marijuana.

 

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Hear Bill Howell read the section of Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun about Prinz Brau here: https://www.kdll.org/show/drinking-on-the-last-frontier/2023-06-27/prinz-to-paupers

Howell, B. (2015). Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. Chapter 7

 

Watch the Alaska Review episode titled “Great Land, Great Beer, Great Problems” from 1977 here: Alaska Film Archive -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hx7aSdCCo

 

https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1975/2135-1.html

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/irwin-ravin-alaska-marijuana-rights-activist-dies/2010/04/13/

https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/alaska-weed-history/2014/04/14/

https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/polls-close-legalized-pot-remains-question-mark-alaska/2014/11/05/

https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Director/Documents/marijuana/MarijuanaUse_PublicHealth_Alaska_2020.pdf

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/31/death-rate-from-drinking-nearly-doubles-in-alaska-over-2-years/

https://www.adn.com/features/article/dreaming-big-6-alaska-boondoggles/2011/10/10/

https://www.akgrownspirits.com/

https://www.turnagainbrewing.com/

S4:E3 – What is Possible?: Racial Bias w/ Patricia Wilson-Cone

It can often feel like racism and racial bias are impossible to overcome. Rev. Dr. Patricia Wilson-Cone joins us on this episode to help us consider what is possible in the area of racism and racial bias. Wilson-Cone is a pastor, scholar, chaplain trainer, and author. Her book Multicultural Diversity: Opening Our Hearts was released in 2019.

 

https://www.facebook.com/FirstAmericanBaptistChurch/

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.bates.edu/news/2017/10/26/kendi/

https://genius.com/Malcolm-x-chapter-19-1965-annotated

S4:E2 – Martin Luther King Jr., Hamilton, The PAC and Racism in Anchorage

When Lin-Manuel Miranda said of his hit musical “This is a story about America then, told by America now” he could not have known how much that connects with the history of Anchorage. When Alaskans packed the Alaska Performing Arts Center to see Hamilton recently many did not know how that building represents the city’s resistance to the diversity of America and Anchorage now.

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

Glavinic, T., 2014, ‘Remembering Elizabeth Peratrovich: Alaska’s civil rights legacy’, Alaska Commons, 17 February, 2014, viewed 30 January 2019, from http://www.alaskacommons.com/2014/02/17/remembering-elizabeth-peratrovich/

http://albertaschenckadams.com/

Schenck, A., 1944, ‘To whom it may concern’, Nome Nugget, 3 March, 1944, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg21/id/2057/ 

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska 2009 - DVD

https://www.alaskahistory.org/anchorage-timeline/#:~:text=1983%2D1986%3A%20Project%2080s%2C,Center%20for%20the%20Performing%20Arts.

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/15/us/anchorage-journal-center-for-performing-arts-is-off-to-a-sour-start.html

https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC006

Hartman, I.C., Reamer, D., 2022. Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.

 https://www.muni.org/departments/ocpd/planning/publications/anchorage%20economic%20indicators/03-2012indicators-anchorage%20demographics.pdf

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton/408019/

https://anchorageparkfoundation.org/completed-projects/mlk-memorial/?fbclid=IwAR39tLhxxuVaesdwcIEU3qgHZNFWS2_xWkPcknYXRWzwxywoqDPYd_VE1FI

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A1445094F387BC7E2%40NGPA-AKADN-17AA1DA7FB25A562%402451348-17AA0C3B2392BCF3%40102-17AA0C3B2392BCF3%40?search_terms=%22Martin%2BLuther%2BKing%2BJr%2BMemorial%22&text=%22Martin%20Luther%20King%20Jr%20Memorial%22%20&content_added=&date_from=1990&date_to=2000&pub%255B0%255D=1445094F387BC7E2&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1999-06-18

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/martin-luther-king-avenue-opens-wednesday/2010/08/03/

S4:E1– Introducing Season 4

Over the past three years we have explored the issues facing Anchorage, the places where things are, or are becoming, the way they are supposed to be for all people, and the hydra that is homelessness. In season 4 we will consider “What is possible?”

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/10/24/in-the-1950s-the-race-to-bring-television-to-alaska-was-marked-by-anticipation-suspense-and-mishaps/

https://www.rice.edu/jfk-speech#:~:text=%22We%20choose%20to%20go%20to,on%20the%20Moon%20before%201970

https://www.anchoragememories.com/anchorage-television-was-two-weeks-old.html

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-11-moon-landing#:~:text=As%20an%20estimated%20650%20million,and%20photographing%20the%20lunar%20surface

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2009/jul/02/apollo-moon-eagle-has-landed

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armstrong_Small_Step.ogg

BTS - 24: What is the Connection Between Seattle and Anchorage?

I recently flew to Seattle, on one of the routes Alaska Air flies known as a milk run. It was a long, slow, and interesting way to fly to Seattle. But the connection between Seattle and Alaska has always included long, slow, interesting journeys.

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.filson.com/blog/field-notes/ss-portland-ship/#:~:text=The%20Portland's%20arrival%20was%20nothing,before%20the%20day%20was%20done.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/05/09/whatever-happened-to-the-ton-of-gold-ship-that-kickstarted-the-klondike-gold-rush/

https://www.ragsrag.com/pr/pr.html  - Echoes from the Snowball Club (Piano Roll)

https://www.ragsrag.com/vp/vp.html - Harlem Rag & Mandy’s Broadway Stroll

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Bluffton_Carnival_Rag_by_Verdi_Karns_(1899,_Ragtime_piano).ogg

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2017/08/24/a-moment-15-years-in-the-making-the-old-northern-lights-inn-is-coming-down/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2019/11/13/nordstrom-building-to-remain-vacant-for-foreseeable-future/

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16BC84557AEF83EC%402442468-16BC8371F6380428%400-16BC8371F6380428%40?search_terms=Nordstrom&text=Nordstrom&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=7&pdate=1975-02-24

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED2059A4F5DC64%402440104-16ED15560660BCF6%400-16ED15560660BCF6%40?search_terms=%22new%2Bdepartment%2Bstore%22&text=%22new%20department%20store%22&date_from=1956&date_to=1975&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1968-09-04

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16BC28B539BFA680%402440797-16BC27C301AD64E1%400-16BC27C301AD64E1%40?search_terms=%22NC%2Bstore%22&text=%22NC%20store%22&date_from=1970&date_to=1970&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&pdate=1970-07-29

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16BC84557AEF83EC%402442468-16BC8371F6380428%400-16BC8371F6380428%40?search_terms=Nordstrom&text=Nordstrom&content_added=&date_from=1975&date_to=1975&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&pdate=1975-02-24

https://www.nordstrom.com/browse/about/company-history

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2019/11/13/nordstrom-building-to-remain-vacant-for-foreseeable-future/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_Post_Intelligencer_newspaper_front_page_for_July_17,_1897,_announcing_the_arrival_of_the_steamer_PORTLAND_in_Seattle_(SEATTLE_2718).jpg

Jasper, P.B., & Blasongame, B.M., 1983, A gathering of saints in Alaska: An informal chronicle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the State of Alaska, Hiller Industries, Salt Lake City.

Aunt Phil’s Trunk #3 p.36

https://www.muni.org/Departments/OCPD/Planning/Publications/Historic%20Preservation%20Plan/05-HPP-HistoricContxtSurveys.pdf

http://www.anchoragecreeks.org/media/publications/Campbell_Creek_History.pdf

https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/cemetery/Pages/honored.aspx

https://www.alaskahistory.org/anchorage-timeline/

https://www.loc.gov/resource/2019271003/1915-06-05/ed-1/?sp=8&r=0.402,1.045,0.692,0.31,0

Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park – Seattle -  https://www.nps.gov/klse/index.htm

BTS 23 – Digging in the Archives with Becky Butler

On the third floor of the UAA/APU Library are boxes lining row after row of shelves filled with bits of Alaska’s history. On this episode we visit the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archive with our host Becky Butler.

 

https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibraryArchives

https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibrary

@ ConsortiumLibrary

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive

https://www.archives.gov/about/info/whats-an-archives.html#:~:text=An%20archives%20is%20a%20place,photographs%2C%20and%20other%20primary%20sources.

BTS 22 – Silver Bullets, Sell Out Crowds, and a 10-10 Tie

What likely springs to mind when one thinks of women's baseball is the 1992 movie, "A League of their Own," starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. Yet the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was neither the beginning nor the end of women's baseball. On this episode we'll explore women's baseball in the city of Anchorage. 

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGORpNnGAcE

https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2014/04/28/this-week-in-universal-news-the-all-american-girl-baseball-league-1951/

http://www.historygrandrapids.org/audio/2449/grand-rapids-chicks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids_(baseball)

https://www.aagpbl.org/seasons

https://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history

http://www.coloradosilverbullets.org/

BULLETS GET SHOT AT BUCS - ALL-WOMEN'S TEAM TO VISIT ANCHORAGE, by Beath Bragg. Anchorage Daily News. May 30, 1997. Page C1  - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F794144C07D3493?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-05-30

SILVER BULLETS GROW WEARY OF THE LABELS, by Van Willaims. Anchorage Daily News. June 25, 1997. Page C1. https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F793F52759013D9?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-06-25

6,525 FANS WATCH BUCS SHUT OUT SILVER BULLETS, by Staff. Anchorage Daily News, June 26, 1997, page B3 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F793EB7B84602DF?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-06-26

http://anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs/our-mission-15/bucs-history-2

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/325/rec/10

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/131/rec/13

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/353/rec/14

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=803978487963131&set=a.583088483385467

ANCHORAGE AND KINK OBSERVE THE NATAL DAY – by Staff, Cook Inlet Pioneer and Kink News, July 10, 1915 -

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2019271003/1915-07-10/ed-1/seq-6/

BTS 21 – Solving the Jack Sturgus Cold Case w/ Dr. Laura Koenig and Rick Goodfellow

Back in February of 1921 Anchorage’s first Police Chief was found in an alley with a gunshot wound after just 51 days on the job. For 100 years the death of Jack Sturgus remained a mystery. Have Dr. Laura Koenig and Rick Goodfellow solved this century-old cold-case? In this episode we find out.

Dr. Laura Koenig: Artistic Director for the Anchorage Festival of Music; UAA Music History professor for 15 years; UAA adjunct instructor of flute; principle flute Anchorage Opera; Section Flute Anchorage Symphony Orchestra.

Rick Goodfellow: founder of KLEF radio and owner of Ghost Tours of Anchorage

Cook Inlet Historical Society Lecture: The Life and Once-Mysterious Death of Anchorage's First Police Chief – watch the replay here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/4592q90u/register

https://www.ghosttoursofanchorage.com/

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/finally-solved-who-killed-the-first-anchorage-police-chief/article_d9cd57f2-7ae7-11eb-bdee-df0729f490b7.html

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/

BTS 20 – The Tale of Two Statues

Perhaps the most  prominent statue in downtown is the one of Captain Cook at Resolution Point. A lesser-known statue stands at the Ship Creek Boat Launch and depicts Grandma Olga. Join us on this episode for the story of these two statues.

 

#anchoredcity

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/arts/television/an-audience-finally-catches-up-to-the-amazing-race.html

https://www.goldderby.com/feature/the-amazing-race-35-premiere-date-cast-everything-to-know-1205178638/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285335/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_12

“Ship Creek - The art installation took more than a decade to complete, tied in with big infrastructure projects in the area.” – by Devin Kelly – Anchorage Daily News – November 30, 2018 – Accessed: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/1708ADCFA4385E90?search_terms=

Interpretive signs at the Grandma Olga statue.

BTS 19 – What is the Connection Between Montreal and Anchorage?

When I travel to other cities I often play a little game. I ask, how does this city connect with Anchorage? So what is the connection between Montreal, Quebec and Anchorage, Alaska?

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.akbizmag.com/magazine/the-top-5-of-the-top-100-alaskas-largest-private-employers-put-people-first/

https://www.providence.org/about/our-heritage/alaska

https://providenceintl.org/

https://providenceintl.org/en/search-requests/three-great-providence-women/blessed-emilie-gamelin/

https://providenceintl.org/en/search-requests/three-great-providence-women/blessed-emilie-gamelin/cause-for-the-canonization-of-emilie-tavernier-gamelin/

https://www.providence.org/about/providence-archives/history-online/history-of-mother-joseph-province

https://www.providence.org/about/our-heritage/alaska

https://www.providence.org/-/media/Project/PSJH/providence/socal/Files/about/providence-archives/pioneering-spiritweb.pdf?la=en&hash=8AD0C73D3FBA3D5A47D726B14CB0B449

https://providencearchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15352coll9/id/764/ 

Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five – St. James Infirmary – Dec. 12, 1928 – Okeh 8657

Vess L. Ossman – the Buffalo Rag – c. December 1905 – Columbis A218

BTS 18 – Winter Sports 5: From the Trailer Park to the World Cup w/ Naomi Kiekintveld

BTS 18 – Winter Sports 5: From the Trailer Park to the World Cup w/ Naomi Kiekintveld

We have all heard the stories of Anchorage kids who have grown up skiing in the city and ended up racing at the highest levels of the sport, but what about those that chose a different route – coaching? On this episode we are talking to Naomi Kiekintveld who took an unlikely route into skiing that led from a trailer park to the World Cup.

https://www.facebook.com/naomi.kiekintveld

@gnome.on.skis

https://nationalnordicfoundation.org

https://www.facebook.com/NationalNordicFoundation/

@gonnf

https://www.womenskicoaches.org/

https://www.facebook.com/womenskicoaches

@womenskicoaches

https://apunordic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/APUNordicSkiTeam

@ apunordicskicenter

https://anchoragenordicski.com/

https://www.facebook.com/anchoragenordicski

@anchoragenordicski

http://usskiandsnowboard.org/teams/cross-country

https://www.facebook.com/usskiandsnowboard

@usskiteam

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchoredcity.podbean.com

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/04/10/anchorage-hits-record-amount-of-snow-on-the-ground-for-this-time-of-year/

https://skimap.org/skiAreas/view/2932

https://crosscountryskihistory.us/events/world-cup/

Race Set Over World Cup Course – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday March 2, 1983  - Page D2 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD64055E54DA@2445396-16BEA62E51D700FC@23-16BEA62E51D700FC@?search_terms

Anchorage Cup X-C Ski – Anchorage Daily Times – Monday March 7, 1983  - Page D4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD6F9058CE32@2445401-16BEA639E9109E6F@28-16BEA639E9109E6F@?search_terms

World Cup Comes to Anchorage – Anchorage Daily Times – Sunday March 12, 1983  - Page E3 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD7BD4A62451@2445407-16BECC5739E9354D@40-16BECC5739E9354D@?search_terms

Shovelers Needed For National Relays – Anchorage Daily News – Thursday March 17, 1983  - Page D1 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427D4B7ABB087@2445411-14E41E2C9E6B8E46@45-14E41E2C9E6B8E46@?search_terms

Koch Regains Lead in World Cup Race – Anchorage Daily News – Sunday March 20, 1983  - Page D1 & D4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427D8E8208C26@2445414-14E41FB16CFB3EE2@28-14E41FB16CFB3EE2@?search_terms

Finn Wins, Improves Cup Standing – Anchorage Daily News – Monday March 21, 1983  - Page C1 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427DA3822C005@2445415-14E4211C4E59A2A1@25-14E4211C4E59A2A1@?search_terms

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/21/9-alaskan-or-alaska-affiliated-cross-country-skiers-named-2022-24-us-national-team/

https://nationalnordicfoundation.org/inaugural-trail-to-gold-fellows-selected-for-upcoming-world-cup-season/?fbclid=IwAR1Q3i4xID_m7SoPn5Ge9BNFCXZwrue8YVHv027fnsI9gMhQpzVRvZMmVK8

BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp

BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp

 In a recent review of the book “On Track! The Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage” Chris Bieri wrote in the Anchorage Daily News:

“There aren’t many people better positioned to tell the story of the growth and expansion of cross-country skiing in Anchorage than Alice Tower Knapp.” On this episode we are talking to Alice Tower Knapp about the history of Nordic skiing in Anchorage.

https://anchoragenordicski.com/

https://www.facebook.com/anchoragenordicski

@anchoragenordicski

#anchoredcity

 

Info. on the Cook Inlet Historical Society lecture:

ON TRACK! THE NORDIC SKIING ASSOCIATION OF ANCHORAGE: 1964-2023

https://www.cookinlethistoricalsociety.org/lecture-series/on-track-the-nordic-skiing-association-of-anchorage-1964-2023  

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, February 16, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F8874A80489888@2421276-16F718BC3867DAF7@7-16F718BC3867DAF7@?search_terms

 

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Saturday, February 24, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F887502E90959E@2421284-16F885AC5CA09A57@7-16F885AC5CA09A57@?search_terms

 

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday, February 27, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88751390AFBAD@2421287-16F885BBDC42877C@7-16F885BBDC42877C@?search_terms

 

Five-mile ski race to be pulled of Sunday  - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, March 2, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88753B272212C@2421290-16F885CD25A449EB@3-16F885CD25A449EB@?search_terms

 

John Aho wins the Ten-Mile Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 5, 1917 – page 5 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88754CE9990B6@2421293-16F718BF73271018@4-16F718BF73271018@?search_terms

 

Aho Wins In The Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 12, 1917 – page 2 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88BBC2F32F0BB@2421300-16F718A2436EAF52@1-16F718A2436EAF52@?search_terms

 

http://www.alsap.org/History/photos.htm

 

https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/03/29/the-development-of-nordic-skiing-in-anchorage-is-documented-in-new-book-on-track/

BTS 16 – Winter Sports 3: Anchorage’s Most Well-Known Curler: Jessica Schultz

Is there a better way to follow up an episode about curling in Anchorage than a conversation with the city’s most famous curler? We don’t think so. On this episode we talk to 2 time Olympian and 3-time national champion curler Jessica Schultz.

 

#anchoredcity

 

https://www.curlak.com

https://www.facebook.com/curlAK

@curlalaska

@rockthis1life

 

Info. on Culture Shift – March 1

https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-march

BTS 15 – Winter Sports 2: Curling

Ever wondered about the sport of curling - you know, the sport that throws rocks at houses and includes brooms and a fair bit of shouting? Our second episode on Winter Sports dials in on the experience of curling at the Anchorage Curling Club in Government Hill!

#anchoredcity

https://anchoragecurling.com/

https://www.facebook.com/anchoragecurlingclub

@anchorage_curling_club

 

Info. on Culture Shift – March 1

https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-march

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

Sputnik Over City Tomorrow – Wednesday February 12, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 1

 

Sputnik Soars Over City – Thursday February 13, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 1

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_crisis

 

Curling Bonspiel Attracts More Fans Every Afternoon – Friday February 21, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 9

 

Dog Sled Racing, Curling, Bowling, Basketball, Ice Hockey Draw Competition – Thursday February 13, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News

 

Photo caption: Finishing Touches On Curling Rink – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday February 11, 1958 – Page 5 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE96608A818C4@2436246-16EB95B2F0CA8037@4-16EB95B2F0CA8037@?search_terms

 

Photo caption: Curlers Practice / Curlers Arrive For Rendezvous Tourney -– Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday February 19, 1958 – Page 15 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE969BA88176B@2436254-16EB95BC8BEB7C5B@14-16EB95BC8BEB7C5B@?search_terms

 

Women’s Section – Anchorage Daily Times – February 21, 1958 – page 4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE96A80814399@2436256-16EB95BE4388B8F2@3-16EB95BE4388B8F2@?search_terms

 

Curling Bonspiel Attracts More Fans Every After Noon – Anchorage Daily News - February 21, 1958 – Page 9

 

https://curlfairbanks.org/clubs/fair-banks-curling/pages/club_information_club_history

 

https://www.alaska.org/detail/fairbanks-curling-club

 

Curlers Meet Moved Inside By Weather – Anchorage Daily News – Saturday February 22, 1958 – Page 13.

 

https://anchoragecurling.com/index.php/our-club/club-history

 

Photo Caption: Bonspiel Winners – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday March 4, 1958 – Page 6 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED3370AEACC520%402436267-16EC94836B8652C3%405-16EC94836B8652C3%40?search_terms=Curling&text=Curling&content_added=&date_from=1958&date_to=1958&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1958-03-04

 

Curling Rink Project Gets Board Approval – Anchorage Daily Times – Monday September 25, 1961 – Page 9 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED5810236E6470@2437568-16ED53A9A5B6CD46@8-16ED53A9A5B6CD46@?search_terms

 

Photo Caption: City Curlers Have New Ice – Anchorage Daily Times - March 9, 1962 – Page 6 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED1C6F0419109C@2437733-16EC959AB7AEDFCB@5-16EC959AB7AEDFCB@?search_terms

 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.173484919397477&type=3

 

Arno, Rea, 2008. Anchorage Place Names: The Who and Why of Street, Parks, and Places. Todd Communications. p.37.

BTS 14 – Winter Sports 1: Once Upon A Time In Forest Park

The Westchester Lagoon area has been the home for winter sports since before the Lagoon even existed. Near Westchester Lagoon, just up the hill to the south was a hot spot for sports and social life in Anchorage during the years following World War II.

Winter sports – both competitive and social - bring people together in the dark cold winter months to help pass the time, keep folks active and fit when our internal clocks are telling them to sit, and to build community.

This is the first of an occasional series we are starting on winter sports. Keep your eyes open for new episodes in the coming weeks and years as we explore Anchorage’s winter sports.

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

How a vanishing Anchorage lake illustrates the local landscape changes of the last century  - by David Reamer - Anchorage Daily News – November 6, 2022 - https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/11/06/how-a-vanishing-anchorage-lake-illustrates-the-local-landscape-changes-of-the-last-century/

 

Photo Caption: Beware – Ice Still Thin – Anchorage Daily Times - Wednesday October 24, 1973 – Page 14: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BD192FA7AB6FBA@2441980-16BCDB66284C48D6@12-16BCDB66284C48D6@?search_terms

 

Skating Rinks Now Open – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday November 16, 1973 – Page 25: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BD1EF204399346@2442003-16BD1B524CB5F1D3@24-16BD1B524CB5F1D3@?search_terms

 

Advertisement – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 28, 1950 – Page 6: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4829F1C50B01@2433491-16ECDC9F5E711330@5-16ECDC9F5E711330@?search_terms

 

Golf Course Opens Sunday – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 28, 1950 – Page 3: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4829F1C50B01@2433491-16ED439DF73A5D7C@2-16ED439DF73A5D7C@?search_terms

 

Golf Course to Open Here Soon – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday July 26, 1950 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4826CD0442FB@2433489-16ED439092BF670C@0-16ED439092BF670C@?search_terms

 

Cpl. Dowling Medalist in Golf Tourney -– Anchorage Daily Times – Friday September 8, 1950 – Page 5:

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4833F96A282C@2433494-16ECDC9F64D949EB@1-16ECDC9F64D949EB@?search_terms

 

TEE Talk - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 31, 1950 – Page 2:

 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED43F1C04CDCBE@2433533-16ED40F600C06098@4-16ED40F600C06098@?search_terms

 

Dog Racing, Rides, Skating Scheduled At Forest Park - Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday December 24, 1952 – Page 6:

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED50FFB4605D02@2434371-16ECDCCD09A83F90@7-16ECDCCD09A83F90@?search_terms

 

http://www.alsap.org/ForestPark/ForestPark.htm

 

Photo Caption - Learning to Ski at Golf Course  - Anchorage Daily Times  - Wednesday 8, 1961 – Page 14: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED1BEA1EDBE769@2437612-16EC9593DAE64FBB@13-16EC9593DAE64FBB@?search_terms

 

http://www.alsap.org/RomigHill/RomigHill.htm

 

Nordic Ski Club Being Organized – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday January 14, 1964 – Page 7:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED8805DD9D4C6F@2438409-16ED4C0E21FF3748@6-16ED4C0E21FF3748@?search_terms

 

Nordic Ski Club To Meet Tonight – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday January 22, 1964 – Page 15:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED880AE4B47347%402438417-16ED4D6126D08823%4013-16ED4D6126D08823%40?search_terms=%22NOrdic%2BSki%22&text=%22NOrdic%20Ski%22%20&date_from=1915&date_to=1964&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1964-01-22

 

Variety Of Sports Events Scheduled Here On Weekend – Anchorage Daily Times – Thursday January 23, 1964 – Page 13:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED880B80997CCB@2438418-16ED4D73F5F50C2B@12-16ED4D73F5F50C2B@?search_terms

 

City, School Leaders Promote Ski Sport - Anchorage Daily Times – Saturday January 11, 1964 – Page 14:  

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED88048742C874@2438406-16ECDFE5A00FD46A@12-16ECDFE5A00FD46A@?search_terms

 

Bootlegger’ Social Put Skier On Right Track - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday January 17, 1964 – Page 10:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED8807E6B1E8A6@2438412-16ECDFE90C3E5367@9-16ECDFE90C3E5367@?search_terms

 

Tower Knapp, Alice, 2022. "On Track!: The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage." Independently published.

 

Curling Club May Be Formed – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday May 22, 1953 – Page 7: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE0F738861C5A@2434520-16ECDE4947F14B93@6-16ECDE4947F14B93@?search_terms

 

Local Group Will Try To Form Curling Club – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday January 12, 1954 – Page 5: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE3096D5F4B5A@2434755-16ECDF1AA7927283@4-16ECDF1AA7927283@?search_terms

 

Curling Club Formed Here – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday April 23, 1954 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ECE295424400B3%402434856-16EB91F5F94AC22D%400-16EB91F5F94AC22D%40?search_terms=curling&date_from=1950&date_to=1964&text=curling&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=3&pdate=1954-04-23

 

 

Acquire Land For Curling Rink Near Golf Club – Anchorage Daily Times - Saturday October 27, 1956 – Page 11: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88564270BA71F@2435774-16F6DE4F09AD64FB@11-16F6DE4F09AD64FB@?search_terms

 

Curling Club Now Ready For Action – Anchorage Daily Times - Thursday November 29, 1956 – Page 6: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F87CF19043BE93@2435807-16F6DDFC89F85D73@5-16F6DDFC89F85D73@?search_terms

 

Curling Enthusiasts Bring Scottish Sport to Anchorage - Anchorage Daily Times - Thursday January 8, 1957 – Page 5: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F76DED9581B1D3@2435847-16F6716422B0C266@4-16F6716422B0C266@?search_terms

 

1957 Fur Rendezvous Event Begin Tomorrow - Anchorage Daily Times - Monday February 18, 1957 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F771FBD4E08F5B@2435888-16F67166F6491125@0-16F67166F6491125@?search_terms

BTS 13 - Black Lives in Alaska w/ Ian Hartman and David Reamer

On this between the seasons episode we are celebrating Black History Month by talking with Ian Hartman and David Reamer who authored the book “Black Lives In Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest.”

Ian C. Hartman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage. 

David Reamer is a public historian and journalist who writes for the Anchorage Daily News.

Book: "Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest" – website:

https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295750934/black-lives-in-alaska/#:~:text=Black%20Lives%20in%20Alaska%20is,African%20American%20expectations%20of%20equality

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

Jones, P., 2010, “City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941”, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks. p. 91.

Hartman, I.C. and Reamer, D., 2022. “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest”. University of Washington Press.