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Friday, November 22, 2024
From Beverly Colapietro; Valdez Museum and Historical Archive Lillian Moore was one of the first pioneer women to arrive in Valdez. She hailed from New England, and sailed around the Horn of South America, arriving in Valdez during the summer of 1898. An expert with horses, twenty-year-old Lillian joined army […]
Women and the Frontier: Memoir writing workshop with women’s history author Marianne Monson: July 26th – 29th, 2018 There’s still time to register for the Women and the Frontier: Memoir writing workshop with women’s history author Marianne Monson! Click HERE to learn more and register today. In this writing workshop, we […]
A popular gathering spot in Valdez has been missing from the town’s social landscape since a kitchen fire shut it down in the fall of 2016. The Totem Inn and Restaurant played host to both travelers and locals for nearly four decades. The Inn has still been operating but the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the genetics of the ancestors of today’s native peoples of the Americas. Decoding the infant’s complete set of DNA let researchers estimate the timing of key […]
Valdez, Alaska, September 12, 2017 – On March 27, 1964, Alaska experienced the largest-ever recorded earthquake in North America. Known as the Good Friday Earthquake, this event caused an underwater landslide that washed away the waterfront area of Valdez and resulted in the loss of 32 lives. As a result […]
Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich to be Commemorated on U.S. $1 Coin Designs celebrating Peratrovich, Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Law to be released in 2020 June 30, 2017 JUNEAU — The United States Mint has released candidate designs that commemorate Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination […]
TAPS tales of past, present, future mark the 40-year milestone from the Alyeska Pipeline Service Compnay Newsletter On June 20, 2017, TAPS reaches the 40-year anniversary of operations … but Alyeska is celebrating all year. The heart of that celebration is the stories of those who built TAPS, those who maintain it […]
The Valdez Museum with the help of the Parks & Recreation Dept. will be hosting the first ever…HURRY FOR HISTORY 5K Run/Walk on August 20th at “Old Town” The Original Valdez Town Site located at Mile 4. Bib Pick up and Day of Event Registration will start at 8:00AM – […]
