CIHS Activities
The Cook Inlet Historical Society has been involved in numerous successful and interesting projects over the years. However, we have two ongoing activities that are discussed in further detail below:
Legends and Legacies, Anchorage 1910-35
Legends and Legacies is an ongoing project initiated by the late John Bagoy, which features people who lived and settled in Anchorage in the early 20th Century. This presentation is an accumulation of the histories of the range of people who lived in Anchorage for an extended period of time during Alaska’s formative years. They were from all walks of life: old timers and immigrants, Natives and non-Natives, crusty sourdoughs and brash newcomers. Whoever they were, each made an important contribution to the founding and prosperity of our vibrant and diverse community. This project is intended to celebrate them and their accomplishments.
Legends and Legacies will be updated over time, and we encourage your suggestions as the database expands to include the full range of people who helped give Anchorage its start and made it the community we know today.
Annual Lecture Series
Legends and Legacies, Anchorage 1910-35
Legends and Legacies is an ongoing project initiated by the late John Bagoy, which features people who lived and settled in Anchorage in the early 20th Century. This presentation is an accumulation of the histories of the range of people who lived in Anchorage for an extended period of time during Alaska’s formative years. They were from all walks of life: old timers and immigrants, Natives and non-Natives, crusty sourdoughs and brash newcomers. Whoever they were, each made an important contribution to the founding and prosperity of our vibrant and diverse community. This project is intended to celebrate them and their accomplishments.
Legends and Legacies will be updated over time, and we encourage your suggestions as the database expands to include the full range of people who helped give Anchorage its start and made it the community we know today.
Annual Lecture Series
Annual Lecture Series Themes:
150 Years: Defining Moments in the Great Land 2017-18
Educating Alaskans: A History of Learning in the Great Land 2016-17
EXTRA! EXTRA! Journalism in the Last Frontier 2015-16
The Anchorage Centennial: 1915-2015 2014-15
The Anchorage Centennial: 1915-2015 2013-14
The Centennial of Flight in Alaska 2012-13
Man, Mammoths and Mastodons 2010-11
Life in Territorial Alaska (1912-1959) 2009-10
The Struggle for Alaska Statehood 2008-09
History of Resource Development in Alaska 2007-08
History of the Communities of Southcentral Alaska 2006-07
The History of Alaska Science 2005-06
Adventure of Anchorage and CIHS 50th Anniversary 2004-05
Arctic and Antarctic Exploration 2003-04
Pamphlets available for download below
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