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A Brief Tourist Guide of Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage was originally established as a railroad construction port for the then-soon to be constructed Alaska Railroad in 1914 and by 1920 shortly after the railroad was finished Anchorage became an incorporated city - centered on the railroad. But between 1930 and 1950 the city quickly became a vital for air transportation with the construction of Anchorage International Airport and for the military as the US Army and Air Force built bases in the area.

When oil was discovered in nearby Prudhoe Bay, it had grown rapidly from the tent city of its early days to a modern metropolis as the city merged with several other localities - the localities of Eagle River, Girdwood and Glen Alps - to create Municipality of Anchorage in 1968. And by the 1980s, the city was growing even further with several different capital projects and an immense beautification project, which took place. Indeed much of the capital projects and beautification projects that took place were largely inspired by the March 1964 earthquake, which devastated the area, killing over 115 people and causing almost $2 billion worth of damage.

Unsurprisingly, each of the Eielson Air Force Base Alaska merged localities has their own distinct personalities and all are known for their varying local cultures, which are quite distinct from Anchorage proper. It is believed by many that the local geography of the the area inspires such distinct cultures - it lies on a strip of coastal lowlands which extends to the lower alpine slows of the Chugach Mountains on the eastern end, at the southern end of the city is the Turnagain Arm, an ancient fjord known for some of the world's highest and most dangerous tidal movements, and the Knik Arm, another tidal inlet forms the northwestern most border. And although the Chugach Mountains and the Chugach National Forest have prevented developments on the city's eastern side, it is still considered a part of the municipal area.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (commonly referred to as the Mat-Su Valley to locals) is frequently considered a "bedroom community" or a suburb to the city, the Kenai Peninsula which has been largely known for its salmon and salmon enhancement, and the Valdez-Cordova Census Area which is a largely an unorganized collection of nearby towns and villages all have their distinct stamps which a visitor might find truly fascinating. Overall, the entire land area of the Anchorage Municipal Area is larger than the land area comprising the entire state of Rhode Island.

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