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SOLDOTNA, ALASKA

Soldotna is a village in the road from Anchorange to Homer. Is a typical place to go fishing, in fact you can see how many people are fishing. If you drive from Anchorange to Homer, it is the best place to fill gas, because is the biggest village in the road, and there are a lot of gas station.

Soldotna is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,759. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 4,087. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
In 1947, after World War II, the United States government allowed settling of land on parts of the Kenal Peninsula under the Homestead Act. Veterans of the United States armed services were given a 90-day preference over non-veterans in selecting land and filing for property. Also in that year, the Sterling Highway right-of-way was cleared of trees from Cooper Landing to Kenai. The location of present-day Soldotna was selected as the site for the highway's bridge crossing the Kenai River.

The construction of the Sterling Highway provided a link from the Soldotna area to the outside world. More homesteads were taken and visitors came to fish in the area. The Soldotna post office opened in 1949 and other businesses opened in the next few years.

Oil was discovered in the Swanson River region in 1957, bringing some new economic development to the area. In 1960, Soldotna was incorporated as a city with a population of 332.

Sport fishing, tourism, and the healthcare industry are currently the mainstays of the economy in Soldotna. It also receives some economic advantage from being the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.


July 2008
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See also
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WILDLIFE In ALASKA

GLACIERS

Chugach State Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Seward

Homer

Sterling

Nikolaevsk (Russian village)

Soldotna

Trapper Creek

Mountains in Alaska
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