Matanuska Valley Colony Project 50th Anniversary

Matanuska Valley Colony Project 50th Anniversary. 1935 . 1985. , Honoring the 202 families from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota who braved the migratory transition from the Depression-torn years of strife and struggle to the promised land of fertile Matanuska Valley, and in their endeavor, with faith, hope, and courage, created a new life filled with challenging goals, bringing to Alaska the permanency of residency, the maturity of agricultural development and the true reality that Alaska held the future for the generations to come. Their sacrifices and hardships, together with their gallant leadership has brought greatness to Alaska., MICHIGAN COLONIST FAMILIES , Anderson, Walter and Garnet . Bennett, William and Ruth . Boice, Harold and Lona . Campbell, George and Onabelle . Carter, Clifford and Dorothy . Casler, William and Elsie . Chaney, Escar and Louise . Cousineau, Charles and Reba . Davis, Harold and Edith . Dingman, William and Mildred . Dreghorn, Lawrence and Grace . Durphy, Robert and Gladys . Ellsworth, Lester and Senia . Ennis, Max and Lila . Fitzpatrick, Theodore and Leona . Foster, Kenneth and Marion . Fox, Waldo and Mable . Frank, Darrell and Lois . Greene, Clarence and Alida . Havemeister, Arnold and Emmy . Higgenbotham, Robert and Clara . Hoeft, John and Adeline . Hoganson, Harold and Mayme . Hopkins, Roy and Ada . Huntley, Walter and Beatrice . Hynek, William and Neville . Jacobson, Adolph and Mable . Johnson, Arvid and Edith . Johnson, Harold and Fannie . Kalliosaari, John and Letta . Laako, Henry and Ruth . Larsh, Emil and Gertrude . Lavalley, Edward and Florence . Lipke, Henry and Mary . Loyer, Joseph and Naomi . Macnevin, Leon and Loraine . Manginen, Walter and Vivian . Martin, Clyde and Arbutus . McCormick, Martin and Margaret . Newville, Irving and Lila . Nutilla, Eino and Betty . Onkka, David and Saina . Pakonen, Russell and Madelon . Parks, Clarence and Beulah . Parlette, Paul and Violet . Pfeiff, John and Clara . Piaskowski, Frank and Frances . Porter, John and Alice . Porterfield, Ernest and Almeda . Quarnstrom, Clarence and Sadie . Retallic, Arthur and Alice . Rotz, Fred and Emma . Schutt, Claus and Hattie . Smith, Martin and Margaret . Snyder, Thomas and Freda . Spencer, Milan and Margaret . Spencer, Nelson and Olive . Stebbins, Dewayne and Evelyn . Sturdy, Norris and Leona . Sullivan, Carl Francis and Elizabeth . Usher, Robert and Helen . Van Wormer, Howard and Bernice . Venne, George and Irene . Way, Sherman and Esther . Wilding, John and Viola . Wilson, Amedee and Leah . Wirtanen, Eino and Fannie . Zook, Harold and Clara, WISCONSIN COLONIST FAMILIES , Anderson, Chris and Grace . Anderson, Clarence and Clara . Archer, Pearle and Dorothy . Arndt, Lawrence and Etta . Bailey, Ferber and Ruth . Barry, Earl and Louise . Beylund, Oscar and Irene . Biller, Robert and Dorothy . Bouwens, William and Lulubelle . Bradley, John and Sylvia . Brown, Otis and Orace . Campbell, Harry and Theodora . Church, John and Julia . Connors, George and Edith . Covert, Albert and Catherine . Clayton, Walter and Rose . Dean, Ballard and Marion . Deland, Nile and Helen . Dragseth, Joe and Velma . Ellison, Carl and Ruth . Erickson, Carl and Inga . Ferguson, Walter and Mable . Greise, Raymond and Hazel . Gulberg, Bernard and Beatrice . Hamman, Leroy and Gretchen . Henry, Francis and Ella . Hermon, John and Hilda . Herried, Leonard and Ella . Hess, Frank and Florence . Huseby, Einer and Inez . Jensen, Harry and Viola . Johnson, Clinton and Doris . Johnson, Victor and Klaria . Johnston, James and Lillian . Juvette, Eugene and Mary . Koenen, Henry and Bernice . Kurtz, Cecil and Mary . Laflam, Claire and Emma . Lake, John and Magdalene . Larose, Henry and Clystia . Lentz, William and Viola . Lentz, Joseph and Zuleika . Mattson, Runar and Eleanor . McKendry, Howard and Edith . Miller, Neil and Margaret . Monroe, Lester and Mary . Nelson, Arthur and Isabel . Nelson, Paul and Margaret . Nichols, Harry and Virgie . Novak, George and Catherine . Puhl, Joseph and Blanche . Raschke, August and Anna . Reitan, Bernard and Alice . Ring, Frank and Lucille . Roughan, Henry and Minnie . Runyan, Scottie and Irene . Scheibl, Gustave and Alethea . Schultz, William and Martha . Sexton, Allan and Minnie . Smith, William and Alice . Sorenson, Clarence and Vivian . Soyk, Martin and Genette . Taylor, Nell and Violet . Walport, Paul and Ethel . Weiler, Nicholas and Elsa . Worden, Frank and Margaret . Yohn, Victor and Manila Bay, MINNESOTA COLONIST FAMILIES , Alexander, Harold and Frances . Bell, Lloyd and Dorothy . Benson, Henning and Irene . Bergan, Leonard and Alice . Carson, Arnold and Hortense . Christianson, Martin and Leota . Cook, Clyde and Jesse . Doughty, Glendon and Hulda . Eckert, Virgil and Lillian . Emberg, George and Evelyn . Engebretson, Oscar and Johanna . France, Grant and Iva . Fisher, Otto and Frances . Fredericks, Albert and Audrey . Fredericks, Allen and Lenore . Giblin, Theodore and Jennie . Hack, Arthur and Mabel . Hemmer, Patrick and Cora . Hesse, Claude and Helen . Holler, John and Gertrude . Ising, William and Marie . Jahr, Paul and Emma . Jenson, Henry and Edna . Jones, Vernon and Eleanor . Johnson, Johan and Irene . Kenser, Grant and Gertrude . Kerttula, Oscar and Elvi . Kindgren, Oscar and Saima . Kirsch, John and Rose . Klienpier, Kenneth and Grace . Larson, Fred and Laura . Leander, Rudolph and Inez . Lee, Francis and Eugenie . Lemmon, George and Josephina . Lemmon, Gilford and Catherine . Lepak, Thomas and Irene . Lund, John and Margaret . McKechnie, Loren and Edna . Meehan, John and Viola . Meier, Carl and Edith . Moses, Arthur and Blanche . Moss, Edward and Myrtle . Olmstead, Vernon and Pearl . Olson, Hilmer and Gwendolyn . Olson, Walter and Minnie . Patton, Claire and Margaret . Peterson, Otto and Meryle . Pippel, Walter and Melva . Poore, Chaney and Florence . Powell, Ores and Lorenzie . Rebarchek, Raymond and Edna . Rorrison, Lawrence and Vera . Rossiter, Henry and Mary . Ruddell, Charles and Ada . Saaralla, Matt and Olga . Sieber, Joseph and Albertina . Sandvik, Ingolf and Agnes . Sjodin, Clarence and Alice . Smith, Lauren and Hollis . Splittgerber, Herman and Violet . Stephan, Vincent and Betty . Strang, Eldred and Helen . Swanda, Frank and Wilhelmina . Ubert, Lawrence and Alice . Vasanoja, Laurence and Helen . Vickaryous, Anthony and Alys . Wilkes, Ray and Ruth . Stahler, John and Elizabeth (Oklahoma), Colony Celebration, June 7, 8, and 9th 1985.