Anchorage Early Memories

Do you know how Bootlegger Cove got it's name? What were the names of some of the early Anchorage characters? And a few surprises.

Bootlegger Cove 1968

photo courtesy Cindy Pendelton

Bootlegger Cove

United States President Woodrow Wilson wanted to protect the “morality and sobriety” of the new town that was springing up on the banks of Ship Creek, that would become known as Anchorage, Alaska.

The town was laid out in a grid pattern and sections were auctioned off.

However

There was a ba…