Talkitna [2] ( English Talkeetna ) - a statistically isolated area in boron Matanuska Susitna , Alaska , USA . The mayor of the area from July 18, 1997 to July 23, 2017 was a cat named Stubbs .
| Statistically Isolated Terrain | |
| Talkitna | |
|---|---|
| English Talkeetna | |
 | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Matanuska Susitna |
| The mayor | Cat Stubbs ( 1997 - 2017 ) |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1896 |
| Square | km² |
| Height above sea level | 106 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 9 ; summer UTC − 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 894 people ( 2012 ) |
| Density | 8.3 [1] people / km² |
| Nationalities | white - 91.4% Eskimos - 3.7% |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 907 |
| Postcode | 99676 |
| Car code | |
| FIPS | 02-74830 |
| talkeetnachamber.org | |
Content
Geography
Talkitna is located in the southern part of the state at the confluence of three rivers: Susitna , Chulitna and Talkitna . The area is 111.2 km², of which 3.6 km² are open water areas. The settlement is served by the eponymous airport . To the largest city of Alaska, Anchorage , two and a half hours by road (about 125 kilometers in a straight line). Talkitna is the last base for expeditions setting off to conquer the highest mountain of North America, Denali [3] , to which about 95 kilometers are straight from the settlement.
History
The settlement was founded in 1896 as a mining village. In 1915, Talkitna became the headquarters of the Alaska Engineering Commission , which built the Alaskan Railway , while the population of the village increased to a thousand people. In 1919, the laying of the railway was completed, and the population of Talkitna began to decline, in 1959 only about 80 people lived in Talkitna [4] . In 1964, the construction of the highway from Anchorage to Talkitna was completed. In the same year, the settlement was significantly damaged by the Great Alaskan earthquake , although Talkitna was located about 180 kilometers from the epicenter.
Since 1981, the Bachelor Auction & Ball competition has been held annually in Talkitna, and since 1986 the Wilderness Woman Contest [5] . On April 26, 1993, Talkitna was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places . In June 2007, the only school burned down in Talkitna (96 students, 7 teachers studied), a new one was opened in January 2010.
Mayor Stubbs
In April 1997, a cat was born in Talkitna, who was nicknamed Stubbs . On July 18 of that year, while still a kitten [6] , Stubbs was elected mayor of Talkitna [7] . The mayor's residence is located in the supermarket "Neglis" ( Eng. Nagley's General Store ) [8] . As of July 2012, Stubbs successfully continued his work as mayor. As of April 2013, Stubbs has over 7,000 likes on his Facebook page [9] . Personally, 30–40 tourists meet with the mayor of Talkitna daily [8] . In September 2013, Stubbs was hospitalized after a dog attack, the mayor of Talkitna was seriously injured. [10] On July 21, 2017, at the age of 20, Stubbs died of old age in a dream. A possible successor is a kitten named Denali [11] .
In the movie
- It is believed that Talkitna served as the prototype of the fictional town of Siseli from the TV series "The North Side " (1990-1995) [12] [13] .
- In 2002, the film “ Snow Dogs ” was released, the action of which in the story takes place in Talkitna.
Demographics
- Population
- 1915 - approx. 1000 inhabitants
- 1959 - approx. 80
- 1990 - 250
- 2000 - 772
- 2010 - 876
- 2012 - 894
- Racial Composition (2010)
- whites - 91.4% (87.9% in 2000)
- Eskimos - 3.7% (3.8%)
- African Americans - 0.3%
- Asians - 0.5% (0.1%)
- natives of the Pacific islands or Hawaii - 0.5%
- other races - 0.2% (1.3%)
- mixed races - 3.4% (6.9%)
- Latinos (of any race) - 1.8% (1.0%)
Attractions
- Talkitna Road House is a hotel built in 1914-1917 [14] .
- Fairview Inn is a hotel built in 1923.
- Nagley's General Store - has been operating since the beginning of the 20th century [15] .
Notes
- ↑ In calculating population density, only the land area of the settlement was used
- ↑ Talkitna // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 357.
- ↑ Alaska rescue helicopter crash kills all three onboard on news.yahoo.com , April 1, 2013
- ↑ Melissa Devon. Talkeetna: Great food, fests, mckinley are town's signatures on alaska.com
- ↑ Bachelor Auction & Ball Holds Wilderness Woman Contest Archived May 15, 2013 to Wayback Machine at bachelorsoftalkeetna.org
- ↑ Mia Hart Duerson. Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years on nydailynews.com , July 17, 2012
- ↑ Sima Petrova. Cote Mayor rules the city of Talkitna in Alaska (Russian) on the site epochtimes.ru , July 19, 2012
- ↑ 1 2 Jason Lam. Talkeetna Mayor is a Cat Named Stubbs Archived on April 22, 2013. at articles.ktuu.com , July 13, 2012
- ↑ Mayor Stubbs Facebook page
- ↑ Stubbs the cat, Alaska town mayor, mauled by dog . CNN (4.8.2013).
- ↑ A real fighter: the story of the cat-mayor (Russian) on gazeta.ru , July 24, 2017
- ↑ John Flynn. Fictional places we love: Cicely, Alaska, on 'Northern Exposure' on sfgate.com , September 28, 2007
- ↑ Don Woodmansy. Talkitna on roadtripamerica.com , January 16, 2003
- ↑ Talkitna Road House
- ↑ History of Nagley's General Store Archived on June 17, 2009. on the store website
Links
- Talkitna: general information, demography, economics, history, etc. on the site commerce.alaska.gov
- Historical Society of Talkitna
- Chamber of Commerce Talkitna
- History of Talkitna on the Chamber of Commerce website
- Talkitna: demography, economics, crime, healthcare, etc. on the website city-data.com
- Talkitna (Russian) on ngebooks.com
- Twitter of the Mayor of Talkitna (1997-2017 )