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Palmer Pioneer Cemetery 1419622: 249 feet (76 m) Palmer: Matanuska-Susitna: Pleasant Valley Cemetery 2319071 64°52'40"N 146°53'06"W 679 feet (207 m) Chena Hot Springs Fairbanks North Star: Sitka National Cemetery: 2061977
The cemetery was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 as part of the Anchorage townsite, one of a number of land reserves set aside for public facilities for the new town. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, recognizing its status as Anchorage's oldest cemetery. [3]
Off Arctic Valley Road, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) east of central Anchorage: Anchorage: The historical 244 acres (99 ha) area covers the Battery Area to the north and the Launch Area to the south. [4] 34: Spring Creek Lodge: Spring Creek Lodge
This 1897 image shows the death of Crispus Attucks in the Boston Massacre in 1770. About 160 years later – in 1931 - a new social, educational and recreational center for Black people in York ...
413 Upper Skiff Lake Road Canterbury Parish NB 45°51′26″N 67°31′30″W / 45.8571°N 67.5251°W / 45.8571; -67.5251 ( Shrine to Saint Francis of
Hezekiah Easter, Rockland County's first Black elected official, World War II veteran and Renaissance man, led the fight against developers' idea to relocate the cemetery. The mall came up around ...
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]