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Garrett, Jim.W.
…Heiden, Garrett, and Gardner started to overland over [Keystone] canyon, MB-D 6/9/98; Party headed to interior composed of Lowe, Gumaer, Keller, Tolley, Gardner, Garrett, Hallett, Bence, Kahill, and Bjornstad starts with horses over Valdez Glacier, MB-D, 7/9/98, (note: trip aborted because of conditions on the glacier); Mahlo, Jim [Garrett] and Bence go up to map the [Valdez] glacier, MB-D, 7/25/98; With Capt. Abercrombie’s party leaving Valdez fo…
Valdez Museum Celebrates 50 year Anniversary of New Valdez
…ore information about these events, please contact the Valdez Museum at 907-835-2764 or info@valdezmuseum.org About the Valdez Museum: The Valdez Museum & Historical Archive is an active place. We bring the stories of our community’s history alive through our programs and activities. Please come visit us at our two locations: The Valdez Museum in the heart of downtown at 217 Egan Drive and the Remembering Old Valdez Exhibit on the waterfront at 43…
Bird Girl
…, this novel of two rebels teaches that the search for individualism often comes at a high price but can be the foundation for finding true wisdom. When Bird Girl, an independent young hunter, is ordered to marry and conform to her tribe’s traditional role for women, she decides instead to leave the tribe. The other rebel, a young man named Daagoo, is a restless dreamer who leaves Alaska to journey south in search of the legendary Land of the Sun….
Summer Schedule Starts May 30th
…ay and pre-register in person at the Valdez Museum on Egan or by phone, 907-835-2764. This summer two new exhibits share the Egan Commons. Mountain Treasures: Kennecott, Alaska and Iceberg Lake features the work of Cordova artist Karl Becker. It is coupled with an exhibit of conceptual designs drawings for our New Museum Project. They were crafted by the architectural team of Wolf/Hennebery Eddy. Masks and social distancing requirements are in eff…
Hill, Mrs/Miss Cristina
…h for the gold rush. e-mail from Jay Arnold, great grandson, JB2ARNOLD@aol.com; 1898-1900 Family reports she opened a dance hall and/or boarding house in Valdez about 1900 and lived in Valdez until her death. Brother is Art Hill, who mined in Valdez area before WWII. e-mail from Jay Arnold, great grandson, JB2ARNOLD@aol.com; Additional Information Valdez Undertaking Co. funeral record #2-165 shows she was 65 years old, single. Her funeral was on 6…
