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the wash by hand on a washboard and then hang the clothes to dry. In the winter, they called it freeze-drying.” (Lundberg, 1998) In the winter temperatures could go -40 degrees Fahrenheit with hard glacier wind. The summers were full of rain and swarms of mosquitos. The colonists’ protests were minimized by government officials. Anthony Dimond, Alaska’s delegate to congress denies Matanuska valley is a “dusty, mosquito-infested” country—as described by returning California transient workers. Dimond also termed “grossly exaggerated” and “silly” complaints of settlers in the government’s colonization project against its management. These pioneers went to Alaska from drought area of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. “Did these settlers expect they were going on a nice vacation?” Dimond asked. “They knew that hewing out a frontier was not easy, that they would have to work. I suspect some of them are just beginning to realize their venture was not a lark now and the glamour of adventure in a new land has worn off.” (“Alaskan say tales ‘silly’,” 1935, p. 1 & 2) It’s not a stretch of the imagination to presume that some would be boasting of the great success of the colonists. Even if Matanuska failed the state of Alaska could and did profit from the increase in population in the surrounding towns. The town of Palmer in particular grew to encompass many of the historic buildings of the Matanuska colony including the community center. The center is listed in the…

It’s not unusual for children and adults alike to get nervous when visiting the dentist. With its sedation dentistry services, Four Corners Dental Group caters to anxious patients. Serving the Anchorage and Wasilla communities, these dentists are dedicated to providing affordable dental care in a friendly and soothing atmosphere. For those who can’t calm down in the dentist’s chair, this dental practice also provides the option of sedation dentistry. Sedation dentistry exists at various levels,…

She is very successful at her job and works efficiently. After about five successful and happy years of being married to Kimmet, Vicki got divorced. My grandma pulled my mom out of high school and made her leave all of her friends, and moved to Portland. Carrie, my mom, still kept close touch with Kimmet, but she did not see him for a long while after the divorce. After they moved to Portland, my grandma and mom moved back to Alaska, where they stayed in a cabin on Trapper Lake. From here on,…

The DeHavilland Beaver was taking off at the Rapids Camp Lodge in King Salmon when it failed to get airborne from the body of water near Mirror Lake. A few days before, two planes crashed in a collision at Wasilla Airport when both planes tried to land at the same time. In April, four people were killed in a fiery plane crash in the heavily wooded area just north of Anchorage. The Cessna 172 crashed about 9 a.m. near Chugiak. After extensive investigations, it was determined that the plane went…

the starting line in Anchorage, Alaska, and travel thousands of miles, to the finish line is Nome, Alaska. They are put out with many challenges along the way. Frost bite, below freezing temperatures, etc. etc. But somehow they all have a goal, the goal of being an idol to someone. To show people and kids, that it’s okay to go out there, when the chances are slim of surviving, and to prove yourself, and everyone wrong. There are several reasons why people don’t agree with the race, but it’s a…