Anchorage was eight years old in 1922.  But even then its residents were probably telling visitors the best thing about Anchorage was that you were so close to Alaska. Residents could hunt moose and bears south of what is now the downtown park strip, but a headline in the July 12 edition of the Anchorage Times revealed where the real action was: “Hunters’ and Fishermen’s Paradise … Continue reading ‘Ample room for all the campers of a dozen states’: How Eklutna Lake became Anchorage’s playground