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…