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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