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Map of the region. Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1]
In 1935, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration created an experimental farming community known as the Matanuska Valley Colony as part of the New Deal resettlement plan. [1] Situated in the Matanuska Valley , about 45 miles northeast of Anchorage, Alaska , the colony was settled by 203 families from Minnesota , Wisconsin and Michigan . [ 2 ]
Alabaster Peak is an 8,065-foot-elevation (2,458-meter) mountain summit located 35 miles (56 km) east of Palmer, in the northern Chugach Mountains of Alaska.This peak of the Matanuska Valley is set midway between Anchorage and Glennallen, and can be seen from the Glenn Highway.
Four buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Hale Hall (originally Enarson Hall), Hayes Hall, Ohio Stadium and Orton Hall.Unlike earlier public universities such as Ohio University and Miami University, whose campuses have a consistent architectural style, the Ohio State campus is a mix of traditional, modern and postmodern styles.
This peak of the Matanuska Valley is set midway between Anchorage and Glennallen, near mile 90 of the Glenn Highway. It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Matanuska Glacier and 3.7 mi (6 km) southwest of Amulet Peak. [1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Monument and Coal creeks, which are tributaries of the Matanuska River.
The Matanuska River (Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu; Ahtna: Ts'itonhna’) is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States. [3] The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanuska Valley. [6]
University Hall was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976. The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for resources from Ohio University, which was chartered by the Northwest Ordinance and Miami University. [8]
Matanuska Peak, a mountain summit in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska; Matanuska River, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Valley, in Alaska; Matanuska Valley Colony in Alaska; M/V Matanuska, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System; Matanuska (crater), an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde