David Reamer

Greg Smithey created the famous workout routine while he lived and worked in Anchorage during the 1980s.

Alaska history: At its peak during the more than two decades of operation, over 40 scientists and engineers were stationed on the floating landmass, engaging in a diverse range of biological, geophysical, and meteorological studies.

Alaska history: In fact, Strong was born in Canada and was revealed to be a bigamist, essentially ending his political career.

Histories of Anchorage: In 1983, Flynt had claimed he was going to attempt to prove that there was a conspiracy surrounding the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 that killed 269 people.

Historian David Reamer did a survey of a week’s worth of newspapers leading up to Christmas 1922. Here’s what he found.

Alaska history: With the S.S. Ohio almost 30 days overdue, the passengers, increasingly filthy and hungry, began an evolution into a mob.

The program recruited 89 Alaskan stay-behind agents but was disbanded in 1959, deemed too expensive to maintain for its uncertain value.

There were once seven in the state, all built within an eight-year period. But they’ve all been replaced, generally with more sturdy steel versions.

The telephone directory was indicative of the city at the time, a small Alaska town that was a virtual whistle-stop between Seward and Fairbanks. Among the phone listings: two national chains, 12 restaurants and eight combined bars and cocktail lounges.

Histories of Anchorage: Dozens of odd or ambitious plans have been abandoned over the decades, but had any of them been completed, the city would have looked drastically different.

Histories of Anchorage: O’Connell Lake, best known to locals as Blueberry Lake, once encompassed a large portion of Midtown Anchorage. But as the city developed and grew, the lake disappeared.

Histories of Anchorage: The team played three games at Ben Boeke Arena and another series in Fairbanks, leaving the state without all of their digits attached.

Histories of Alaska: Magnus J. Bugge headed north from Minnesota during the Klondike Gold Rush, but returned to keep his promise to Emma Halvorson. The pair married and lived out their lives in Ketchikan.

Elderberry Park has recently grown in significance as the only Anchorage park visited by a future king of England. Prince Charles visited in 1970.

Histories of Alaska: From a teenager who helped save her siblings from a raging fire to daring rescues at sea, these people were recognized for their valor.