S1:E13 - Substance Use Part 1: A bootlegger, a Jail and a Bike Trail

04/01/2021 12 min Episodio 14
S1:E13 - Substance Use Part 1: A bootlegger, a Jail and a Bike Trail

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Episode Synopsis

Russian Jack Springs Park is tangled in the history of substance use and misuse in Anchorage, as well as the history of treatment and recovery. 
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/marunenko-jacob-russian-jack/
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/#:~:text=Sturgus%20was%20shot%2C%20with%20his,his%20body%20had%20been%20searched
https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/03/30/heres-how-russian-jack-park-got-its-name-from-a-notorious-bootlegger-and-murderer/
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/SubstanceMisuse.aspx
Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. N.p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 80, 82, 84.
Dauenhauer, R.L., 2004, Conflicting visions of Alaskan education, 3rd edn., Tlingit Readers, Juneau – pg. 10.
Tower, E., 1999. Anchorage: From Its Humble Origins as a Railroad Construction Camp. Epicenter Press – pg. 29, 33, 42-44.