July
21
Wasilla Farmers' Market-Come find fresh Alaskan produce, art and crafts at this weekly open-air market. Located near Wonderland Park, on Weber and Nelson Streets.
From 10-6 on Wednesdays during the summer, come downtown for fresh produce and Alaskan made gifts. Located at Wasilla Iditapark near the Wonderland playground.
Wasilla Knik Historical Society
300 n boundAry Street
wasilla, alaska 99654
907-376-2005 Message Phone
907-376-7755 MUSEUM PHONE
wkhsociety@yahoo.com
Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KnikMuseum/?fref=ts
UPCOMING EVENTS
There are many ways you can learn about and help preserve our local history.
WHAT WE do
Wasilla Knik Historical Society
WKHS Board meets on the last Tuesday of each month. Want to know more? Join us at 300 N Boundary Street at 6:30 p.m. Get involved in preserving our local history.
June
Annual Potluck Picnic and Social 1-5 PM at Knik Museum. We are pleased to announce that Dick Mackey is this year's inductee for our Mushers' Hall of Fame.
Come join us at our annual Alaska Day Dinner, at the Elks Lodge on Finger Lake. Delicious food and wine, an amazing dessert auction, and time to visit with friends, new and old, as we celebrate statehood. Our guest speaker, Fran Seager-Boss, will share the buildings of early Wasilla with us.
Join us for Trails Day, Knik Community Potluck Picnic, Alaska Day Dinner, Hobo Jim concerts, and Annual Meeting.
Every Wednesday 10-6
Oct.
12
Free benefit concert by Hobo Jim on September 8 from 1-3:00! Raffle prizes include trips with Mahay's and Talkeetna Air!!
Learn about gold mining, dog mushing, homesteading Alaska and more. Located at Mile 13.9 Knik-Goosebay Road. Open Wednesday-Sunday 1-6 pm from May 3-October 30. Closed in the winter. Other tours by request.
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.
Trails Day-Come help us spruce up the Knik Museum and the trail.
Every Month
Free Hobo Jim Concert
Knik Museum
Sept. 8 from 1:00-3:00
Everymonth
JULY
17
Sept.
8
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