This episode we will be explaining the book Hidden by Helen Frost

These simple cottages, housing Alaska Engineering Commission engineers and railroad workers, started dotting the landscape of Anchorage in the late 1910s. Many were ultimately turned into offices, others were moved, and some were even dragged to the dump, where the fire department would set them ablaze just for practice. The remaining homes—such as…

This clearing at the edge of town once functioned as a firebreak between Anchorage and its neighboring forest. At other times, it acted as an airstrip, a golf course and even a makeshift housing development, when people lived here during the 1940s boom in apartments created out of old barracks. Today the Park Strip—just one block wide but 13 blocks…

Wendler Building (HD) In such a male-centric city, it has often been tough for Anchorage’s ladies to sit down and enjoy a cocktail without—well, being crowded out by the men. This spot, also known as “Club 25,” was a popular café and bar in the 1940s and ’50s—but with a catch. It was for women only. The building was so beloved that it was moved fro…

Oscar Gill House (HD) Oscar Gill was a local statesman who played a key role in Alaska gaining statehood, but his house achieved fame all on its own. Gill was Anchorage’s mayor during Prohibition, when bootlegging was big business. Gill denied any involvement himself, but his house clearly acted as someone’s portal for smuggling booze. Window sills…

Oscar Anderson House (HD) This 1915 A-frame building was the first actual home built in Anchorage, initially standing out amongst the sea of tents surrounding it.द्वारा Alaska.org

Old City Hall (HD) When it went up in 1936, this was—for a little while, at least—Anchorage’s biggest building, encompassing every major municipal function from the mayor’s office and firehouse to the phone department.द्वारा Alaska.org

4th Ave Theatre (HD) this grand, art-deco theatre was opened in 1947 by Cap Lathrop, a 20th-century media mogul who wanted to establish Alaska as the Hollywood of the North.द्वारा Alaska.org

Anchorage Hotel (HD) In 1916, this two-story “high rise” was Anchorage’s first wooden building, towering over the tent city that comprised the rest of Anchorage at the time.द्वारा Alaska.org

Anchorage Federal Building (HD) It was huge, bold and smacked of permanence. Anchorage’s first concrete building was built in 1939 by the U.S. government, a sign that federal support was here to stay.द्वारा Alaska.org

Anchorage Log Cabin (HD) The striking little house—note its completely sod roof—is still the headquarters for the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau, welcoming travelers to Anchorage today.द्वारा Alaska.org

Loussac Sogn Building (HD) "Zack" Loussac was a Russian immigrant who came to Alaska in the early 20th century, ran a successful drugstore in Anchorage and ultimately had a huge impact on the city’s cultural soul.द्वारा Alaska.org

Discover the Kenai Peninsula in this HD video introduction - Alaska’s Playground. Produced for Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Councilद्वारा Alaska.org