BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp

BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp

 In a recent review of the book “On Track! The Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage” Chris Bieri wrote in the Anchorage Daily News:

“There aren’t many people better positioned to tell the story of the growth and expansion of cross-country skiing in Anchorage than Alice Tower Knapp.” On this episode we are talking to Alice Tower Knapp about the history of Nordic skiing in Anchorage.

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Info. on the Cook Inlet Historical Society lecture:

ON TRACK! THE NORDIC SKIING ASSOCIATION OF ANCHORAGE: 1964-2023

https://www.cookinlethistoricalsociety.org/lecture-series/on-track-the-nordic-skiing-association-of-anchorage-1964-2023  

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, February 16, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F8874A80489888@2421276-16F718BC3867DAF7@7-16F718BC3867DAF7@?search_terms

 

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Saturday, February 24, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F887502E90959E@2421284-16F885AC5CA09A57@7-16F885AC5CA09A57@?search_terms

 

Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday, February 27, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88751390AFBAD@2421287-16F885BBDC42877C@7-16F885BBDC42877C@?search_terms

 

Five-mile ski race to be pulled of Sunday  - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, March 2, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88753B272212C@2421290-16F885CD25A449EB@3-16F885CD25A449EB@?search_terms

 

John Aho wins the Ten-Mile Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 5, 1917 – page 5 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88754CE9990B6@2421293-16F718BF73271018@4-16F718BF73271018@?search_terms

 

Aho Wins In The Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 12, 1917 – page 2 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88BBC2F32F0BB@2421300-16F718A2436EAF52@1-16F718A2436EAF52@?search_terms

 

http://www.alsap.org/History/photos.htm

 

https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/03/29/the-development-of-nordic-skiing-in-anchorage-is-documented-in-new-book-on-track/