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Anchorage’s most famous horse, first Chinese restaurant and answers to other local history questions
Share on Facebook on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. After a recent article on street name origins in Anchorage, several readers wrote in about other uniquely named Alaska roads. For example, there is Four Wheel Drive in Chugiak. Karl Voiles wrote, “My brother’s first home was in Peters Creek. The road going in was horrendous, so my brother and his few neighbors got together and called it ‘Four Wheel Drive.’ The name even became official and remains so today.” Another reader pointed out Whigmi Road near Talkeetna. Whigmi is an acronym of “What have I gotten myself into.”
on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Behind every Anchorage street name is a story. Of course, some of these stories are longer than others, with drama, crime and standout characters. Spenard Road is one such example. Thankfully, most streets lack an infamous backstory. The following are some of the shorter but still important local street name origins. A drive through most Anchorage neighborhoods reveals patterns in the street names. In general, residential streets are often named by some combination of developers and residents. Developers, and city planning departments that approve names, tend to be partial to themes. Collectively named streets are one helpful step toward the construction of a community identity. Where the neighborhood identity goes from there is another story (i.e., dead presidents in Spenard).