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1914 – Anchorage founded as a railroad construction camp. [1] 1915 Chamber of Commerce [2] and Anchorage Memorial cemetery established. Alaska Railroad construction begins in Anchorage. [3] 1916 Anchorage Hotel built. Population: 3,332. [4] 1917 – Anchorage Daily Times newspaper begins publication. [5] 1920 Anchorage incorporated as a town. [1]
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.
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This is a list of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Anchorage was incorporated as a city on November 23, 1920. 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.
Anchorage municipality, Alaska – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [60] Pop 2010 [61] Pop 2020 [62 ...
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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.