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Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club

Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club

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Great memories of the Anchorage, Alaska you love

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  • Anchorage Visitor's Log Cabin Memories

    Anchorage Visitor's Log Cabin Memories
    Oct 5 2025
    Anchorage Visitor’s log cabin, year unknown.When you had out-of-town visitors, where did you take them? It’s likely that you took Uncle Bob and Aunt Darlene to 546 West 4th. Avenue in downtown Anchorage so they could see the visitor’s log cabin.There it was (and still is), an old, sod-covered Alaska cabin, right smack dab in the middle of our city. How Alaskan.And displayed there on the ground, right beside the front door, your guests spotted that very impressive 5,445-pound Alaska copper nugget.Did You Know?The Visitor’s Log Cabin was built in Homer, Alaska, in 1954. If you’re into log cabins, you’ll be delighted to learn that this one is made of round logs with saddle-notched corners. It also features a gable roof covered with sod.Photo by Jet Lowe. Notice the downtown Woolworth’s store just across the street.The cabin was designed by an architect named Edwin B. Crittenden.Building took place in Homer at a sawmill owned by “Cap” King. Others who created the cabin include a logger from Washington state, Otis R. Russell, who had become a homesteader in Alaska’s Kachemak Bay, and Bob Cole. Both were the craftsmen who cut the logs and assembled them.After the two put the cabin together and checked everything, the cabin was then taken apart, loaded on a truck, and sent to Anchorage.Meanwhile, back in AnchorageA foundation had been laid in Anchorage, next to city hall at 4th. and F Streets.When the truck hauling the cabin arrived from Homer, the cabin was assembled on top of its new foundation, and presto, an instant visitor’s center… Alaska style.Watercolor by Alaskan Artist Cindy PendletonThe Anchorage Visitor’s Log Cabin is a part of Anchorage that many of us remember from our childhood. Others may recall the first time they saw this little gem as a grown-up coming to live in this special place called Anchorage, Alaska.Yes, You Can Share This EditionAnd when you do, your friends and family will be so happy that they will have a parade in your name, featuring you as grand marshal… well, it could happen. Thanks for reading and listening to the Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club! This post is public, so feel free to share it.BONUSThe original Anchorage City Hall was built in 1936.Now, since the Visitor’s Log Cabin sits on the lawn right next to Anchorage’s original City Hall building, we thought it would be fun to include these facts.Located at 524 West 4th. Avenue, the original City Hall was designed by Ellsworth Sedille and constructed in 1936.Did You Know it even housed a Jail?When it first opened, the building was home to the city mayor’s office, a telephone switchboard, city council chambers, the chief of police, the city engineer, the public utilities superintendent, and the city library. The building’s basement also housed three jail cells and a “tank room” for drunks, a caretaker’s apartment, as well as quarters for on-duty firefighters. Visit Anchorage MemoriesA treasure chest of great memories. Take a look at AnchorageMemories.com.From Our North Stars (that’s you)From our Anchorage Denali Elementary School Memories.Joe remembers:“I went to Denali for first grade in 1955. My teacher was Miss Rook in Room 47. Yup, I remember Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot, and Puff: “Run, Spot, run! Run, run, run!” Reading opened a whole world for me.”Claudia recalls:“I attended North Star until 3rd grade, then we moved and I attended Inlet View before going to Central Jr. High.”John tells us:“I attended kindergarten at Government Hill Elementary in 1960. For the 1st grade through the 3rd grade, I was at Elmendorf attending Aurora Elementary School.”Gary says, “She became a star”:“I went to Denali for first and second grade. In my first grade class (Mrs. Johnson was the teacher) was Rosie Hamlin.She became best known for “Rosie and the Originals - and the song Angel Baby.”Jerry and his family went there:“Tom, Jim, Jerry, Patsy, Joe & Jack Ward all went to Denali. Great memories.”Allen informs us:“I went to Willowcrest and, in 5th grade, to Northwood Elementary.”Joe attended these:“Primarily Nunaka Valley and then Chester Valley. Then, on to Clark in 1973.”Paula remembers:“Nunaka - K through 6th grade.”Melinda recalls:“From 1959 to 1963, I attended Government Hill Elementary School as we lived in Panoramic View apartments. And we all walked to school. My parents bought a new house on Abbott Loop Road, and we rode a school bus to Abbott Loop Elementary School from 1963 to 1964.”Patricia informs us:“Regarding Mt. View Elementary. I attended grade school in that same building, but it was then called Talkeetna Elementary. My second grade teacher was Mrs. Gilman of Gilman’s Bakery fame. In 4th grade, we had 44 kids with only one teacher who was with us the entire day. If my memory is correct, there was a fire in the school during the 54/55 year, and we double-shifted at Airport Heights Elementary. When our school reopened, it was renamed ...
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  • Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club

    Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club
    Sep 26 2025

    Why should you join the Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club?

    Here are just four good reasons:

    Reason #1:

    Mary and I are both Alaskans who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska.

    Reason #2:

    Every edition of our publication and podcast is filled with memories of the Anchorage, Alaska, you love.

    Reason #3:

    Every edition is special.

    Join Us

    So here’s your invitation to join the Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club.

    Until Next Time

    Mike and Mary

    Anchorage, Alaska Memories Club



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  • Anchorage Denali Elementary Memories

    Anchorage Denali Elementary Memories
    Sep 21 2025
    In the photo above, Mike and Mary of the Anchorage Memories Club are standing in front of the old Denali Elementary School circa 1990s.You, and well, most all of us, remember where we attended the first grade. Mike and Mary, pictured above, have a unique memory. Both began their education as first graders in Anchorage’s Denali Elementary School. “We didn’t attend at the same time. I began some years ahead of Mary, and after the first grade, our family moved to the Mountain View area of Anchorage, where I attended Mountain View Elementary,” says Mike.In the photo above is Mary of Anchorage Memories. She is posing with her third-grade class at Denali Elementary. Her teacher (left side) is Mrs. McGraw.Fire Trucks and Ice Skates at Denali Elementary?by Mary of the Anchorage Memories ClubI was in the third grade in 1960. I was so excited on that dark, cold, crisp morning as my classmates and I stood in the playground watching the firemen. They were filling the previously prepared ice skating rink with water from the fire trucks hoses. Finally, the day came when we could ice skate. It was very cold; however, I was wearing my mittens and scarf. And after skating several times around the rink, I warmed up.I started ice skating at the age of four. I was the youngest of eight, and ice skating was a sport my mother wanted her children to do. So, I was an experienced skater and helped my classmates who had never skated before. I felt a deep sense of pride helping them.As spring came, the ice skating rink melted, and we hung up our skates. At recess time, my friends and I grabbed jump ropes and ran around in our sneakers, having loads of fun.I went to Denali Elementary School from first grade through the sixth. Walking from 2nd Ave to 9th Ave with my family and friends.Denali Elementary School was damaged in the 1964 Alaska earthquake, and all the students had to finish out the school year at Mountain View Elementary. That was the first time I rode in a school bus. We were the second shift that started around noon.I was truly thankful for the firemen and their bright red fire trucks for coming back year after year to make us a really “cool” ice skating rink.BONUSTake a look at My Green Double-Bladed Ice Skates by Mary Jane DoughertyYes, You Can Share This EditionAnd when you do share this, your friends and family will be so happy that they will gift you with the largest flat-screen TV (292 inches) for your home theatre. Wow.Thanks for reading and listening to the Anchorage Memories Club! This post is public, so feel free to share it.Mike Recalls His First Days at Denali in the 1950s.We lived on Fairbanks Street, just a couple of blocks from Denali. On my first day, Mom walked with me to school.My teacher’s name was Mrs. Rauch. She was a very nice lady.While at school, I discovered that those leather-looking airplane pilot caps were the cool thing for boys to wear to school. A little too cool in Alaska’s colder months. In the photo above is first-grade Mike, wearing his pilot hat with borrowed goggles. In the background, Mike’s dad and friends work on their race car. The hat was actually a dumb-looking skullcap with snaps to hold your goggles in place, should the wearer happen to run into bug-infested skies on his way to school. Mom and Dad bought me the hat but declined the goggles. I proudly wore my hat to Denali. My taste in hats aside, I was off on a great adventure. The first grade in Anchorage, Alaska, is where I was introduced to Fun with Dick and Jane, Sally, Puff, and Spot. Those five characters would, along with Mrs. Rausch, teach me how to read and write… So I guess I have them to thank for the Anchorage Memories Club.Fun Lunch BoxesBack then, Denali didn’t have a lunchroom, so we brought our lunches from home in brown paper bags or lunch boxes. Girls often had Dale Evans, Tinker Bell, or Alice in Wonderland lunch boxes. The boys favored Roy Rogers, Peter Pan, or Superman. For the record, I was a Superman lunch box guy.RecessAfter lunch and a last gulp of hot chocolate, we headed for the playground.Of course we had oodles of fun on the swings, slide, and merry-go-round. Plus, we met kids from the other classrooms. One of the other kids, Bobby Kallander, would become my brother-in-law around 15 years later.Mike's mom just happened to take the photo above. About 14 years later, Mary was looking at the picture and said, “Hey, Mike is standing right behind my brother Bobby.”In the red circle, Mike is on the left and Bobby is on the right.Anchorage Elementary SchoolsWhat elementary school did you attend?If you lived in Anchorage, you might have attended one of the following:Mountain View Elementary first opened in 1956Northern Lights Elementary first opened in 1959Ptarmigan Elementary first opened in 1967If you don’t know, a ptarmigan is an Alaskan bird, pronounced “tar-mi-gan.” And, if your parent was in the Air Force or Army in Anchorage and serving at Elmendorf Air Force Base...
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