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1917 – Anchorage Daily Times newspaper begins publication. [5] 1920 Anchorage incorporated as a town. [1] Leopold David becomes mayor. Population: 1,856. [4] 1922 – Anchorage Public Library Association organized. [6] 1924 – KFQD radio begins broadcasting. 1936 City Hall built. Alaska State Fair begins near Anchorage. 1939 – Federal ...
Although development is filling available space in the "Anchorage bowl"—a local moniker for the city area—significant undeveloped areas still remain, as well as large areas of dedicated parks and greenbelts. On November 30, 2018, Anchorage experienced a 7.0 magnitude quake, as well as numerous aftershocks.
Printable version; Page information; ... English: Topographic map of Anchorage Alaska at scale of 1;24000. ... Version of PDF format: 1.7
Anchorage: 020 (Consolidated city-borough) Unified Home Rule: 1964/1975: Anchorage Borough formed in 1964, merged with city in 1975 to form unified city-borough: Derived from the presence of a safe place to anchor and unload supplies for construction of the Alaska Railroad c. 1913, thereby creating a community. 167.59 286,075: 1,707 sq mi ...
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Isadore "Ike" Bayles (Yiddish: יצחק ביילעס) (February 20, 1876 – May 31, 1956) was an Alaskan businessman and considered one of the founding fathers of Anchorage, Alaska. He was part of the Klondike Gold Rush and the Fairbanks Gold Rush where he set up businesses to service the gold rushers.
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The Greater Anchorage Area Borough, which encompassed the city, was created in January 1964. The two were merged in a unified government called the Municipality of Anchorage on September 15, 1975. Under the current mayoral system, the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage is elected in a non-partisan election to a three-year term and they are ...