Government Hill Federal Housing Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Government Hill Federal Housing Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Government Hill is a neighborhood in the northwest part of Anchorage, Alaska, sitting in between Anchorage's downtown area and the western reaches of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, specifically the portion formerly known as Elmendorf Air Force Base. The neighborhood is named for the "hill" it sits on of about >Radar Structure of Earthquake-Induced, Coastal Landslides in Anchorage, Alaska - USGS WR CMG bearing the same name, which is actually a bluff which rises alongside the northern banks of Ship Creek. The origins of the name date to 1915, when a federal land reserve was created in the area for the Alaska Engineering Commission, then heavily involved in constructing the Alaska Railroad nearby. Read more on Wikipedia
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