10 August 2015

Anchorage at 100

I haven't dwelt on it, but this is Anchorage's centennial. At least, it's the 100th anniversary of its incorporation as a city.

This is how Alaska's largest city began as a tent city near what is now downtown Anchorage:

Ship Creek tent city, 1915



C Street hill, 1916
C Street hill today


There are more here.

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