#anchoragehistory — Public Fediverse posts

May 12, 1966, intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage, looking south, southeast-ish. Note the trailer park--La Honda--near the center. Anything else stand out? #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

May 11, 1921, a masked man robbed the Bank of Alaska on 4th Ave, the first bank robbery in Anchorage history. He took $2514 ($47k in 2026 money) & was never captured, in a time when the only ways out of town were train, boat, or long walk. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1935 Anchorage, coffee set out at the railroad depot for Matanuska colonists, likely for the first batch to pass through on May 10, 1935. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory

1959 Anchorage area map w/ independent Spenard & Fairview (as public utility districts). Fairview was annexed into the city in 1960. Spenard became the core of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1963. Unification into the Municipality in 1975. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory

1910 Sleem's Map of Central Alaska detail of Anchorage area five years before Anchorage was established. Here it is simply the Knik Harbor. The dotted red line is a proposed railroad path. Red circles are mining regions. Note trail routes. #alaskahistory #anchoragehistory #alaska

1954 view from the Spenard Fire Hall, looking north over an almost unrecognizable Spenard and greater Anchorage. The former Spenard Fire Hall is still standing, now a Cash America pawn shop near Spenard Road and Benson. The taller building in the distance is the L Street Apartments/Inlet Tower. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory #spenard

July 17, 1955 sunbathers at Lake Spenard. Via Anchorage Museum. #alaskahistory #alaska #anchoragehistory #spenard