The Alaska Contractor: Special 60th Anniversary Issue

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1949 Lomen Equipmentʼs name changes to Yukon Equipment. 1948 The Alaska Highway opens to civilian traffi c. AGC started with six founding member businesses. Associated General Contractors of Alaska Timeline The roots of AGC in Alaska 1948 – 2008 PH O TO: CO U R T E SY O F YU KO N EQ U I P M E N T PH PH OTO OTO S: S: CO CO U U R R T T E E SY SY O O F F AN AN C C H H O O R R AG AG E E MU MU S S E E U U M M AT AT RASMUSON RASMUSON CENTER CENTER 1950 Alaskaʼs population tops 129,000. Large-scale timber harvesting processing begins in Southeast Alaska. 1951 Highway between Anchorage and Seward is complete. Dan Cuddy becomes president of First National Bank Alaska. Steve Stephens drives up the Alcan. 1952 Pete Casper comes to Anchorage to work for Green Construction. 1953 DEW-Line construction begins in the Arctic at Barter Island. Bruce Campbell comes to Anchorage. 1955 Constitutional Convention opens at University of Alaska. 28 The Alaska CONTRACTOR 60th Anniversary Issue 1948–2008
1956 1957 Atlantic Richfi eld discovers oil at Swanson River on the Kenai Peninsula, beginning Alaskaʼs modern oil era. Territorial voters adopt the Alaska Constitution. APPEARED IN AGC O F AL A S K A’S AL A S K A CO N ST RU C T I O N MAG A Z I N E , 1962 1958 1960 Amoco fi nds offshore oil in Cook Inlet. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs statehood bill, which conveyed ownership of 104 million acres to the new state. AS&G’s downtown batch plant was destroyed in the 1964 earthquake. 1959 Alaska is admitted to the Union as the 49th state, and William A. Egan becomes Alaskaʼs fi rst governor. governor. British Petroleum begins begins to explore for oil on Alaskaʼs North Slope. 1960 1963 Henry Springer hired by the Alaska Department of Transportation. Population reaches 226,000 people 60th Anniversary Issue 1948–2008 The Alaska conTrAcTor 29 PH O TO: CO U R T E SY O F AN C H O R AG E SA N D A N D GR AV E L
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