Homesteads on Fort Richardson, Alaska

Author(s): Kristy Hollinger

Editor(s): Glenda R. Lesondak

Year: 2001

Summary

This study was intended to be a companion to the Elmendorf Air Force Base Homestead Study, though the scope and focus are somewhat different due to the later date at which the majority of homestead applications were filed in this area. Fort Richardson probably received less initial homestead settlement because it was further away from Anchorage. The intent of this study is to document the history of homesteading in the area and establish a historic context of the time period. This is necessary in order to accurately identify, document and manage any cultural resources related to homesteading that may exist within the military boundaries. Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 mandates this process. This study focuses on those who were homesteading in the Fort Richardson area during the land withdrawals and those whose land and improvements were subsequently purchased by the government. This study further focused on those homesteads that received patents, were close to receiving patents, or those that had built on or improved the land to some extent. It should be noted, however, that others may have homesteaded in the area and given up their claims for various reasons before the 1940s. Homesteading we a labor-intensive endeavor. There were those unable or unwilling to meet the requirements necessary in order to gain patent to the land.

Cite this Record

Homesteads on Fort Richardson, Alaska. Kristy Hollinger, Glenda R. Lesondak. 2001 ( tDAR id: 457885) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457885

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Keywords

Site Name
ANC-1166 • ANC-1167

Investigation Types
Environment Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Albert Hoserud • Alvin Meier • Benson Hitchock • Christ Folberg • Clarence Harpham • Claude L. Fenton • Clyde Nettleton • Cultural Recourses • Daisy Whitney • Donald Clarence • Edvart Kjosen • Edwin L. Meier • Eligibility • Frank E. Harpham • Fred Zinis • George Johnston • George Kolp • Gus Hunter • Harry Krueth • Henry S. LaMothe • Homesteads • James H. Wilson • James Murray • James W. Kennedy • John Eric Kulin • John H. Thompson • John J. Harrington • John Keynote • John R. Hogland • John Whitney • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson • Keith Kinney • Leon L. Porlier • Leopold Nieminen • Ray Otto • Robert Prize • Samuel E. Sly • Victor Carlson • Victor Harder • Victor Ogren • Warren O'Malley • WM A. Stolt • WM Chambers • WM H. Weaver Show More

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Anchorage, AK • Cook Inlet • Fort Richardson, AK

Spatial Coverage

min long: -150.152; min lat: 61.041 ; max long: -149.363; max lat: 61.381 ;

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