Category: 49 History

Mon, December 04, 2017

Tenakee’s Superior Packing Company

By: Vicki Wisenbaugh [caption id="attachment_5607" align="alignleft" width="216"] Bob Pegues[/caption] Note: Tenakee Historical Collection received a grant from the Alaska Historical Society's Alaska Historic Canneries Initiative to catalog a collection of materials from Tenakee Springs' Superior Packing Co. All of the photos in this post come from Tenakee Historical Collection. Bob Pegues was a pillar of the Chichagof Island community of Tenakee Springs for over 40 years. He was part owner and year round caretaker of the ruins of the Superior... (Read More)

Mon, December 04, 2017

The Whitney-Fidalgo Cannery on Ship Creek, Anchorage

By: Mark LaRiviere Note: The following was written in the Fall of 1976. No salmon canneries remain on Ship Creek today. Below the hustle-bustle of downtown Anchorage, at the mouth of Ship Creek, is the only remaining salmon cannery in upper Cook Inlet. At one time there were two canneries in Anchorage and three in the upper Inlet area, but the days of small, owner operated canneries in Alaska are over and only the Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc. Anchorage cannery remains... (Read More)

Wed, October 04, 2017

Alaska Pacific University becomes a United Methodist Historic Site

By Larry Hayden [caption id="attachment_5480" align="alignleft" width="225"] United Methodist Historic Site No. 534 plaque to be installed at Alaska Pacific University. Image courtesy Larry Hayden.[/caption] Alaska Pacific University will become a United Methodist Historic Site with the unveiling of a plaque on Friday October 6th at Grant Hall on campus at 1:15 p.m. followed by a reception, for which an RSVP is appreciated at 333-5050. Jesse Lee Home alumnus Rev. P. Gordon Gould, an Aleut from Unga, initiated the effort... (Read More)

Tue, July 18, 2017

Alaska Out of the Vault: Examining the Treaty of Cession through Unexpected Objects

By Anjuli Grantham A puffin skin parka. An Alutiiq whaling lance. A can of salmon from Klawock. A mountain howitzer and artillery shell. These are not the kind of artifacts that immediately bring to mind the Treaty of Cession, like William Seward’s cape or Emanuel Leutze’s iconic painting, Purchase of Alaska, might, for example. Nonetheless, as I started researching and producing Alaska Out of the Vault, a podcast that examines Alaska in the decades around the Treaty of Cession, I... (Read More)

Fri, May 26, 2017

70th Anniversary of the 4th Avenue Theatre Celebration

By Sara Piasecki and Angela Demma This weekend, Anchorage's iconic 4th Avenue Theatre turns 70. The aging lady is in peril, say the Friends of the 4th Avenue Theatre, since the current owners applied for and received a permit to demolish the structure. Last month, the state historical commission declared the site culturally and historically significant, and will be considering whether to ask the state to designate the theater as a state historic site or monument. The Friends have organized... (Read More)