Pioneers of Alaska
Pioneers of Alaska
1953 - Gerrit Heinie Snider

1953 POA Grand Officers
1960 President Harding Railcar visit.
Heinie Snider far right
Born in Monnikendam, Holland April 13, 1886, Gerrit “Heinie” Snider was a Senator in Territorial Alaska. He died February 20, 1972 in Wasilla, Alaska.
His wife, Alice J., was born in Amsterdam, Holland on February 10, 1894. She died on December 14, 1986 in Wasilla, Alaska. The Snider’s donated what is now called Snider Park to the Pioneers of Alaska. They apparently had a successful fur farm in the Wasilla area.
1929 $1k Mink Shipment from Snider Fur Farms of Wasilla

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Reck, John
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Roden, Henry Rothenburg, Richard
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Snider, Gerrit
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Walsh, M.J.
Wasvick, A. “Swede” Watt, P.H.
Wells, David R.
Wells, Max
January 1951, 20th Territorial Legislature Senate
Back row, far left, is Gerrit Snider of Wasilla
January 1953, 21st Territorial Legislature Senate
Back row, far left, is Gerrit Snider of Wasilla