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MATANUSKA-SUSITNA VALLEY, ALASKA
Researching Our South Central Alaska Roots

By Coleen Mielke  2012


coleen_mielke@hotmail.com


1906-1962  MISC. MARRIAGES, DEATHS, MURDERS AND SUICIDES 


World War I  Draft Registrations for men born in Alaska



The following link (which is not my work) is very incomplete, but it does have some good info
ALASKA MARRIAGES 1745-1950


Please Help With this New Project
VALLEY PIONEER DIRECTORY



WASILLA KIDS - PHOTO IDENTIFICATION PROJECT
DO YOU KNOW THESE KIDS?

Matanuska Susitna Valley Early Settlers 1915

Matanuska Susitna Valley, Alaska Territory 1900 U.S. Census Information


Matanuska Susitna Valley, Alaska Territory 1910  U.S. Census Information

Matanuska Susitna Valley, Alaska Territory 1920 U.S. Census Information

Matanuska Susitna Valley, Alaska Territory 1930 U.S. Census Information

Eklutna Village, Alaska Territory 1920-1945 Census Information

Wasilla & Palmer Cemeteries

MATANUSKA COLONISTS

MATANUSKA JUNCTION 1916

MISC. COOK INLET DENA'INA INFORMATION


THE HISTORY OF KNIK

Click Here for Tyonek Information

Susitna Station

Chickaloon / Sutton / Knik / Palmer  B.I.A. Census Information

Wasilla and Knik Indian Census 1939

1900-1939 Jesse Lee Children's Home  Seward, Alaska


Alaska Born Students Attending Chemawa Indian School in Oregon
Alaska Born Students Buried at Chemawa Indian School Cemetery

Alaska Natives found on the 1930 U.S. Census for
Anchorage / Knik / Willow / Wasilla / Susitna Station / Susitna Village
Curry / Between Talkeetna and Curry / Curry to Broad Pass / Valdez Creek
Talkeetna - south to Montana Creek

TALKEETNA 1930

SUNRISE  1900
HOPE  1900-1930  
PORTAGE BAY 1900

KENAI 1900-1934
KALIFORNSKI 1910
NINILCHIK 1910
KASILOFF  1930
EAGLE ROCK 1930

  RUSSIAN ORTHODOX INFLUENCE ON DENA'INA (includes births & deaths)

POINT POSSESSION

SELDOVIA 1910 & 1930 and 1934  KATCHEMAK BAY 1930
ENGLISH BAY 1910 & 1930, HOMER SETTLEMENT 1930
PORT GRAHAM 1930

BRISTOL BAY
ILIAMNA AREA
PILOT POINT
BELUGA
UNGA  
KIJIK VILLAGE

CHIGNIK BAY, BELKOFSKI, BERING SEA SIDE OF ALASKA
PENINSULA FROM BEAR RIVER TO FALSE PASS

CHENEGA 1900 - 1948

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 1910

NUTCHEK VILLAGE 1900

TATITLEK VILLAGE 1900 - 1952

COPPER RIVER

Cordova Recording District
Alaska Natives found in the villages of Eyak, Katalla, Valdez,
 Tatitlek, Ellamar, Cordova and a few Prince William Sound Fur Farms


CHISANA and NABESNA

Chitina Recording District
Alaska Native villages of Scotty Creek, Tetlin, Upper Nabesna, Mile 186 Richardson Hwy
Chitina,  Chistochena, Mentasta, Lower Tonsina, Gulkana, Paxon & Gakona

CANTWELL, ALASKA 1946

WOOD ISLAND (near Kodiak) 1934

JOHN GOODLATAW   McCARTHY, ALASKA

Uyak Bay 1934 Census and Uyak Lagoon 1938 Census (on Kodiak Island)

FISHHOOK TOWN  1944

1930 U.S. Anchorage, Alaska Census

GEORGE W. PALMER  ALASKA PIONEER

 
1885 MURDER IN KNIK - THE GEORGE HOLT STORY

 
O.G. HERNING COMES TO ALASKA 1898

 
1940'S WASILLA
THROUGH THE EYES OF
MAY CARTER U.S. COMMISSIONER 1943-1959
POSTMASTER OF WASILLA 1943-1973

THE BARTHOLF FAMILY

THE EDLUND FAMILY

1964 Alaska Earthquake Fatalities


FLECKENSTEIN and SMITH FAMILY

1900 RUSSIAN ORPHANAGE SITKA, ALASKA
SITKA 1930

PILOT POINT

 
SUSITNA STATION - EARLY PHOTOS

1900 PAIMIUT, YUKON RIVER

ALASKAN BORN FOUND ON 1900 & 1910 WASHINGTON CENSUS RECORDS

YAKUTAT PRINCESS TOM 1896

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Trails used by Natives in the Matanuska Susitna Valley at the turn of the century:

*A trail from Sunrise City up Six-mile River and south through the canyon.
* A winter trail from Old Knik up the Knik River then NE to the Copper River.
* A summer trail from Old Knik up the Matanuska River, passing Palmer's store and King's house to Millich Creek   and, via Hicks Creek, Trail Lake and Nulchuk Tyon Village, to the Copper River (pretty  much the route of the present Glenn Highway.
* A summer trail from Grubstake Gulch on Willow Creek over Hatcher Pass and down to Palmer's Upper House with a branch leading to Vacilla's and to Mellish House.

After 1912, other much used trails had developed northward from Seward and out from
Knik to the east and west (and various mines):

* Seward Trail (1905) from Eklutna, over Peter's Creek, through the mountains, down Crow Creek and Glacier Creek, passed Kern Creek, 20 Mile Creek, Portage Creek and  up Placer River.
* Watson Coal Trail, which was later known as the Goodwin Trail and which was the first lap of the Iditarod trail from Knik to Susitna Station:
* The Klondike and Boston Co., Summer Trail along the beach from Knik to Cottonwood then towards the mountains, passing between Lake Lucille and Wasilla Lake to  Grubstake Gulch (now part of Knik-Wasilla Road) with a branch marked R.R. Trail, to the Kashwitna River.
* Carle Road (now Fishhook Road) developed a little later from Knik between Lake Lucille and Wasilla Lake to the gold fields of Hatcher Pass.
* Dalton Trail branched of the Carle Road as it entered the Little Susitna Canyon and then ran east to the coal mines.
* Information extracted from a book called: Old Times on Upper Cook's Inlet by Louise Potter

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 These pages represent (literally) years of research. You
have my permission to use this information for your own private research, however
 I do not give permission for this information to be used commercially.
 
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A little Bit About Myself
My husbands family came to Alaska in 1940 and my parents came to Alaska in 1950. We have lived
in the Matanuska Valley for 34 years.  I enjoy helping people discover their family roots... I
find it very rewarding. Through these web pages, I have "met" some wonderful people. 
If you need help finding your family roots or you need some research advise, drop me a line,
I'd be more than happy to help all I can....
all I ask in return is an occassional update on your research.

coleen_mielke@hotmail.com

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