The AnchorED City

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.

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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

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

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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.

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. 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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/

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/

#anchoredcity

https://anchoredcity.podbean.com

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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/

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

https://anchoredcity.podbean.com

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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.

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?

#anchoredcity

https://anchoredcity.podbean.com

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

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

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

 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/

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

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.