bringing back residential complexes, homes, and public utilities that were destroyed in the riots. The Nation of Yahweh also operated multiple businesses that offered employment opportunities to these communities that desperately needed it. “My father created jobs,” said Venita Mitchell, Hulon Mitchel...
Kennecott, Alaska Here's the story:Nearly $200 million worth of copper was processed in Kennecott, a self-contained mining town located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park, from 1911 to 1938, according to theNational Park Service. As these stories usually go, the residents cleared out once ...
Alaska: Oscar Anderson House, Anchorage Shortly after his arrival in Anchorage in 1915, entrepreneur and businessmanOscar Andersonconstructed this one-and-one-half story bungalow. Surrounded by tents and one-room log cabins in what was then known as Ship Creek, thismodest, timber-framed homewas ...