Cook Inlet Historical Society
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Cook Inlet Historical Society was founded by many of Anchorage’s community leaders in 1955 to feature the early history of the community. In 1968 it began the fund raising process for the establishment of the Anchorage Museum, which now functions as one of Alaska’s largest and most popular visitor attractions, with major exhibits of history, art and science in the Last Frontier.
02/03/2025
February 2 marks the exact centennial of Gunnar Kaasen and his team, with lead dogs Balto and Fox, carrying the anti-toxin into Nome. But the drama was still unfolding for the rest of the nation. Had Leonhard Seppala "heeded warning" of the dangerous sea ice of Norton Sound? No, he had not. Only hours after his safe crossing, the ice had reportedly broken up sufficiently to have made the shortcut to Nome impossible or deadly.
01/30/2025
January 29, 1925: the antitoxin is carried by seven different mushers: Sam Joseph to Titus Nikoli to Dave Corning to Edgar Kalland to Harry Pitka to Bill McCarty to Edgar Nollner. The temperature dipped lower than 50 degrees below zero as Edgar Nollner, his lead dog Dixie, and the rest of the team made their way from Whiskey Creek to Galena.
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