David Reamer

The story of Borisa Rakocevich started with a gambling disagreement in Fairbanks and ended two decades later when the Montenegrin immigrant disappeared from the historical record.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article?

ZIP codes were unveiled in 1962, but it was more than 20 years before the U.S. Postal Service announced nearly 100% compliance with the five-digit system.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article?

Some of the early cold-weather classics were shot in Alaska, but often directors have used artificial snow when shooting in warmer climates.

Although the term has evolved, it was initially used in the state as a sneering pejorative to describe fancy interlopers.

Written by William Hemphill Bell, the tale depicted his tale from the East Coast to Panama and eventually to Sitka.

USS Anchorage (LSD-36) underway at sea off Pascagoula, Mississippi, while running trials on Jan. 27, 1969. (Official U.S.

Henry Peterson with his airplane, the Tingmayuk in 1911 in Nome, Alaska. (Wikimedia Commons)

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the Lane Hotel on Sept. 12, 1966. (Robin Smith / ADN archive)