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Newspaper

Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1985

Page

25

Wisconsin Colony Pioneers Reach Alaska Fifty Years On

Fifty years ago this week 69 Wisconsin families joined 202 midwest colonists on a 4000 mile trek to Matanuska Valley Alaska. They sailed from Green Bay to Seward May 1935 and soon drew 40 or 80 acre homesteads near Palmer amid a challenging early settlement.

Wisconsin Minnesota Colony Project Seward Alaskan Anchorage Palmer Michigan Green Bay Rhinelander Superior St. Ignace Mich Seattle North Star Canada Alaska Alaska Railroad

Wisconsin Colonists in Alaska Roster for 1935 Matanuska Project

Official roster lists 69 Wisconsin families chosen to colonize the Matanuska Valley in Alaska. Only seven individuals remain on their original homesteads. many others live in Alaska cities or outside the state. The document counts children per family and notes surviving relatives in 50 years since departure on May 14, 1935. Key names include Campbell Abrams, Lentz Merrill, Nelson Riverview, Puhl Rice Lake, Weiler Medford, and others across Rhinelander, Iron River, Shell Lake, Superior, and more.

Wisconsin Alaska Louie Odfather Palmer Elvn Kertulla Harry and Theodora Campbell Abrams Leroy Gretchen Hammond Iron River William Viola Lentz Merrill Ella Henry Viroqua Paul Margaret Nelson Riverview Alice Smith Bennett Matanuska Valley Nicholas Elsa Weiler Medford Anchorage Chilren Joseph Blanche Puhl Rice Lake

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