Mission Statement: Preserving Anchorage Stories, Photos, and Videos

Anchorage Memories exists to preserve and share the stories, photos, and videos that shaped life in Anchorage--so they don't fade with time.

If you grew up here, live here, or once called Anchorage home, you're in the right place.


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Here is our Anchorage Memories mission


To preserve and share your precious memories of growing up and living in Anchorage--in stories, pictures, and videos--while helping you discover Anchorage history from 1915 through the 1970s.  

From the beginning of Anchorage in 1915, up through the 1970s.



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Preserve

Your memories matter. Write them down once, and your family (and future generations) can revisit them anytime.

Share

Post stories and photos so friends, classmates, neighbors, and fellow Alaskans can enjoy them--no matter where they live now.

Discover

Explore Anchorage history and hometown details you forgot you knew--and learn the stories you never had a chance to hear.


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What You'll Find Here

On Anchorage Memories you can:

- Learn how Anchorage began and how it grew

- Meet early pioneers and memorable locals

- Revisit the people, places, and events you remember

- Explore stories, photos, and videos that bring the past back to life


Anchorage Remembered Through the Years

From the early days of Anchorage in 1915 through the 1970s, we're building a scrapbook--one memory at a time. 


How to Post Your Memory

1. Write it your way--a short moment or a full story

2. Add a photo (optional)--snapshots welcome

3. Send it in--we'll help you get published


Post Your Anchorage Memory (It's Free)

Read the FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions


The Founders' "Why"

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Why We Built Anchorage Memories

We're Mike and Mary Jane. Anchorage shaped our lives, and we've carried those memories with us wherever we've lived since.

This site began as a simple idea: give people a place to keep their Anchorage stories safe and shared--so the hometown we remember stays vivid for all of us. 


"I've learned a lot about my hometown of Anchorage, and you've jogged memories of things I haven't thought about for years." -- Juanita


If you've ever said "I haven't thought about that in forever," you'll feel at home here.


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