My family and I visited Anchorage in 1962 . It was part of an extensive vacation that year. Being that I was only ten at the time memories are faint but I do remember taking several trips to areas just outside of the town limits.(Farms,glaciers, etc.) However the best memory was having breakfast at the "Frisco Cafe"! What a breakfast. We were deeply saddened a few years later when the earthquake happen and we saw our favorite spot had sunken 10 plus feet below street level.(Picture was in Life mag or Saturday Evening Post)
My brother and I still talk about this and the great memories of this area.
love the history nuggets for Soldotna. There have been a few histories of the communities on the Kenai by local historians. I have those. Was any ever written for Soldotna? Kasilof? etc.? Our weekend outings, of the mid-1950's and very early 1960's, were generally to Hidden Lake and Seward or all the way down in Homer.
Love Soldotna, very beautiful. Great memories of our bowling teams from Bethel attending the Alaska State Bowling Tournament in Soldotna a couple of times at the Gold Strike Lanes and Sal's Klondike Diner which are both gone now. The very first 300 game in the State Tournament history was bowled there by Frank Fitka from Bethel...Great memories!
In the late 1960s my Air Force buddies and I would spend a lot of summer days fishing the Kenai River at Soldotna, and also many other glorious fishing spots on the Kenai. I recall fondly the “combat fishing” for reds at the Kenai/Russian River confluence. Great memories.
My family and I visited Anchorage in 1962 . It was part of an extensive vacation that year. Being that I was only ten at the time memories are faint but I do remember taking several trips to areas just outside of the town limits.(Farms,glaciers, etc.) However the best memory was having breakfast at the "Frisco Cafe"! What a breakfast. We were deeply saddened a few years later when the earthquake happen and we saw our favorite spot had sunken 10 plus feet below street level.(Picture was in Life mag or Saturday Evening Post)
My brother and I still talk about this and the great memories of this area.
Thanks, sincerely, Ron Wilder
There is so much to learn and read about Soldotna, Great folk's work and live there!
love the history nuggets for Soldotna. There have been a few histories of the communities on the Kenai by local historians. I have those. Was any ever written for Soldotna? Kasilof? etc.? Our weekend outings, of the mid-1950's and very early 1960's, were generally to Hidden Lake and Seward or all the way down in Homer.
Love Soldotna, very beautiful. Great memories of our bowling teams from Bethel attending the Alaska State Bowling Tournament in Soldotna a couple of times at the Gold Strike Lanes and Sal's Klondike Diner which are both gone now. The very first 300 game in the State Tournament history was bowled there by Frank Fitka from Bethel...Great memories!
In the late 1960s my Air Force buddies and I would spend a lot of summer days fishing the Kenai River at Soldotna, and also many other glorious fishing spots on the Kenai. I recall fondly the “combat fishing” for reds at the Kenai/Russian River confluence. Great memories.