Russian presence in south
central Alaska was well established in the 19th century. In 1867,
U. S. Secretary of State William H. Seward brokered a deal to
purchase Alaska from a debt-ridden Imperial Russia for $7.2
million (about two cents an acre). The deal was lampooned by
political rivals as "Seward's folly", "Seward's
icebox" and "Walrussia." By 1888, gold was
discovered along Turnagain Arm. Anchorage (officially called the
Municipality of Anchorage) is a consolidated city-borough in the
southcentral part of the state if Alaska. It is the northernmost
major city in the United States. With 291,826 municipal residents
in 2010 (374,553 residents within the Metropolitan Statistical
area), it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40
percent of the state's total population; only New York has a
higher percentage of residents living in the state's largest
city.
Anchorage has been named
All-America City four times, in 1956, 1965, 1984/85, and 2002, by
the National Civil League. It has also been named by Kiplinger as
the most tax friendly city in the United States.
Here are some
of my impressions - click on a picture to have a larger version
| Looking
around in the central part |
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| I've
never seen so many small planes around, for water and
land |
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| Colurful
touristinformation hut |
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| They
did not get any fish, even if its raining |
Sculputure
and totempole |
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| Informations
about the earthquacke on March 27. 1964 |
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