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Alaska is more than twice the size of the second-largest U.S. state (Texas), and it is larger than the next three largest states (Texas, California, and Montana) combined. Alaska is the seventh largest subnational division in the world. If it was an independent nation, it would be the 18th largest country in the world; almost the same size as Iran
Lake Lucille is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) lake within the municipal limits of Wasilla, Alaska, located at 61°34′N 149°28′W. [1] Most of the lake shoreline is private property (i.e., not incorporated into the City of Wasilla), [2] and many residents have docks for swimming, boating, or docking floatplanes. There is also a city park with a ...
Finger Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska. It is not technically a finger lake, but was named so by Captain Edward Glenn, who led an army expedition to Alaska in 1898 and felt that "when viewing the lake on a map, a point of land in the lake gives the impression of a finger." [1] The lake has populations of Rainbow Trout, Arctic Char and Arctic ...
The Wasilla Depot was built in 1917 in Wasilla, Alaska. It was designed and built by the Alaska Engineering Commission , a federal agency charged with building Alaska's railways. [2] The structure, located at the corner of Parks Highway and Main Street, was restored by the Lions Clubs and the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce.
The Wasilla Elementary School, located near the corner of East Swanson Avenue and North Boundary Street in Wasilla, Alaska is a historic one-room school that was built in 1917. It was Wasilla's first school, and served as its primary school until 1934 when a larger school was built. It is 22 by 36 feet (6.7 m × 11.0 m) in dimension.
October 12, 1978. The Wasilla Community Hall, also known as the Wasilla Museum, now hosting the Dorothy G. Page Museum, is located at 323 Main Street in Wasilla, Alaska. The museum is located in a log building constructed in 1931 to serve as a community center. The exterior of the building was left largely as-is when it was converted to a ...
Early political career of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin was a member of the City Council of Wasilla, Alaska from 1992 to 1996 and the city's mayor from 1996 to 2002. Wasilla is located 29 miles (47 km) north-east of the port of Anchorage, and is the largest population center in the Mat-Su Valley. At the conclusion of Palin's tenure as mayor in 2002 ...
Colony High School (Alaska) / 61.6088°N 149.2127°W / 61.6088; -149.2127. Colony High School (CHS) is a public secondary school in Palmer, Alaska, United States, serving students in grades 9 – 12. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. Colony High School's rivals include Wasilla High School and Palmer High School .