Potluck Picnic and Mushers Hall of Fame Induction
This annual event is a potluck picnic so bring your favorite dish to share. Dessert and drinks will be provided. 2024 inductee into the Mushers Hall Of Fame was Roxy Wright,.the only woman to win the Fur Rondy Open World Championship Sled Dog Race, and the first woman to claim the Open North American Championship in Fairbanks!
WKHS Homesteader Reunion
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at the Palmer Depot! It's a time to come together, listen to and tell stories, and reminisce about the early days of the Mat-Su Valley. This is a potluck event, so bring your favorite homesteader dish!
October
19
Join us for Trails Day, Homestead Survivors' Reunion, Knik Community Potluck Picnic, Alaska Day Dinner, and Annual Meeting.
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From 10-5 on Wednesdays during the summer, come downtown for fresh produce and Alaskan made gifts. Located at Wasilla Iditapark near the Wonderland playground.
Everymonth
WKHS Board meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm in the basement of the Teeland Building, home to Krazy Moose Subs.
NOTE NEW MEETING TIME!
There are many ways you can learn about and help preserve our local history.
Wasilla-Knik Historical Society
300 n boundAry Street
wasilla, alaska 99654
Knik museum
10524 S Knik Goose Bay Road
Wasilla, Alaska 99623
907-376-7755 MUSEUM PHONE
KnikMuseum@gmail.com
WHAT WE do
JULY
21
Our annual Alaska Day Dinner will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Palmer Depot!
Doors open at 4:30 for a Meet and Greet, followed by the Famous Dessert Auction at 6:00. Bring your yummiest dessert to tempt your fellow bidders! We will once again have a Silent Auction, so if you have a donation for this please contact us via our email KnikMuseum@gmail.com or by phone. A buffet dinner, catered by Marion Romano, will be served at 7:00, and will be followed by our guest speaker, Kevin Toothaker, who will share tales of Shem Pete. Tickets can be purchased by contacting us at the above email address, from any board member, or at Nonna's Osteria.
Coleen Mielke has uploaded the daily diary of O.G. Herning, who came to Alaska in 1898 and had businesses in Knik and Wasilla. See her complete list of local history documents here. Scroll down to see the Herning Diary.
APRIL
Learn about gold mining, dog mushing, homesteading Alaska and more. Located at 10524 S. Knik-Goose Bay Road. Open Wednesday-Sundays in the summer. Closed in the winter. Other tours by request.
June
2024 EVENTS
Every Month
Wasilla Farmers' Market-Open each Wednesday from 10:00-5:00 during the summer months at Iditapark near Wonderland Playground.
Every Wednesday 10am-6pm