Kodiak’s Historic Bars:
1899-Today
May 2023 – August 2024
In May 2024, KHM debuted Kodiak’s Historic Bars: 1899-Today. Kodiak’s Historic Bars – co-curated with Douglas Vandegraft, Toby Sullivan, and Jim Ramaglia – explores how bars have been part of Kodiak’s social glue for over 100 years. It featured profiles of 12 historic bars, bar ephemera, photographs, and oral histories from Kodiak community members.
Thank you to KMXT 100.1 for hosting an oral history radio program and sharing more information about Kodiak’s historic bars.
Thank you to Beoma Blinn Oakley, Carmen Lunde, Ray LeGrue, Wayne Baker, Jerry Markham, and Jim Ramaglia for sharing their memories as owners, patrons, and workers in Kodiak’s historic bars through oral histories.
Kodiak’s Historic Bars Radio Talks
In May 2024, the Kodiak History Museum and KMXT partnered for a special three-part series on Kodiak’s historic bars. This series accompanied our temporary exhibit, Kodiak’s Historic Bars. The exhibit was co-curated with Douglas Vandegraft, Toby...
Kodiak’s Historic Bars Virtual Presentation
KHM recently hosted a virtual lecture on May 31st, titled "Kodiak's Historic Bars". In the lecture, Douglas Vandegraft, author of A Guide to the Notorious Bars of Alaska, presented his research into the history of bars in Kodiak. This presentation...
This project was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Alaska State Museum.