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
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.
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.
JULY
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Join us for Trails Day, Knik Community Potluck Picnic, Alaska Day Dinner, Hobo Jim concerts, and Annual Meeting.
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.
Sept.
Annual Potluck Picnic and Social 1-5 PM at Knik Museum. We are pleased to announce that Dick Mackey was our 2019 inductee for our Mushers' Hall of Fame.
There are many ways you can learn about and help preserve our local history.
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.
Everymonth
WHAT WE do
June
Trails Day-Come help us spruce up the Knik Museum and the trail.
Thank you for joining us at our annual Alaska Day Dinner, at the Elks Lodge on Finger Lake. Thanks to Marian Romano for the delicious food! Our guest speaker, Fran Seager-Boss, shared the history of the buildings of early Wasilla with us.
Free benefit concert by Hobo Jim was on September 8 from 1-3:00! Raffle prizes include trips with Mahay's and Talkeetna Air!!
2019 EVENTS
Oct.
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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.
Every Month
Every Wednesday 10-6
July
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