SEPTEMBER 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
After voters approved the statehood referendum by a wide margin, the nation's attention turned to the soon-to-be-49th state. Politicians wondered what would happen with Hawaii. There was talk of paving the Alaska Highway and building a bridge across Knik Arm. A horrible airplane crash stunned the military communities in Anchorage and Fairbanks. There are many histories of Alaska statehood. This is the way in looked in September 1958 before it became history.
AUGUST 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
Alaskans voted in record numbers to approve statehood in August 1959 and selected candidates to face off in a general election. The School Board agonized over whether to build a second high school. Dreamers broke ground on the city’s first shopping center and said luxury homes would someday dot the slopes of the Chugach range.
JULY 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
JUNE 1958 VINTAGE COLLECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
MAY 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
APRIL 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
Family killer strikes again after 34 years
MARCH, 1958: VINTAGE COLLECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
FEBURARY, 1958: VINTAGE STORIES
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
JANUARY, 1958: VINTAGE STORIES
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959. In today's feature, read Daily News stories from 50 years ago.
INTRODUCTION: ALASKA STATEHOOD SECTION
This year the Daily News commemorates the 50th anniversary of Alaska statehood with a series of photos and articles drawn from our archives of material published in 1958, a series leading up to the official date of admission, Jan. 3, 1959.
MEMORIES FROM THE ERA
Each month we'll feature newspaper pages from our archives in the year leading up to statehood.
We’ve searched our archives from 1958, but the best will come from you. Relive the era in our gallery and share your photos for others to enjoy.
Don’t have photos, but remember the era? Share your statehood memories, and read what other people recall here. Share your stories.
Men load fish trap into Yukon River, winter 1958, Author: Jack Dunham.
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