The following list of settlers was taken from
a newspaper article in
the
"KNIK NEWS" dated March 6, 1915
It
was titled: Settlers in the Mat-Su Valley from Knik to Palmer in 1915
A.G. Swanson
O.G. Herning
J.D. Whitney
Albert Atrain
John Wilson
A.A. Cobb
O.C. Miller
Joseph Grimes
E. Weiss
Peter Hebert
F.H. Andrews
H.C. Shough
E. Shepard
G.J. Blake
Martin Leckvold C.B.
White
John Parks
Adam Werner
Wm. Campbell
A.G. Henry
F. Terry
W.J. Bogard
J.J. Page
G. Danielson
J.F. Edlund
C.H. Bauer
G.A. Haller
Roy Cornelius
M. Kinsinger
Axel Olson
A.H. Olson
D. Greenwaldt
J.W. Hoope
H.H. Drake
C.J. Hertel
A.J. Pierce
Herman Hugh
A. Thorsen
H. Hoppell
A. Reising
Wm. Dalton
John Eusturin
C.C. Thorpe
S. Lutchinger
Anton Schmidt
C. Egtvet
Hans Walby
L.O. Olson
E.A. Duncklee
John Springer
N. Neklason
Ray Haugham
H.A. Brown
Chas. Schiller
Geo. Clyde
C. Stern
J.H. Conway
Kenneth Larsen
F.A. Brown
O.J. Jacobson
G.A. Gates
William Hughes
J.J. O'Brien
Al Crocker
A.C. Kramer
Jacob Metz
Geo. Nylen
T.H. Jeter
Axel Hirvilla
Herman Nelson
H.H. Sharp
P.E. Pitchford
Timothy Calmes
A.W. Madsen
E.W. Lawson
H. McCaughey
M.E. Shortleigh
J.W. Downing
John M. Loken
Estelle Dalton
John Lanquist
G.B. Fisk
Curtis Ross
Chas. Johnson
Louis Lund
Henry Wilson
T.S. McDougall
I.V. Miller
Ben Marino
A.E. Danielson
S. Anderson
Dan S loan
E.B. Sparling
T.O. Larsen
F.F. Winchester Samuel Marsh
O.N. Nelson
Olaf Hjelm
J. Fleckinstein
C.H. Wilson
Hans Hugh
J.G. Johnson
Wm. Larsen
John Noonin
G. Moffat
L.B. Anderson
Mary Morrison
J. Rasmussen
J. Bugge **
A. Egtvet
I.N. Bennett
P. Fleckenstein
W.W. Dietzel
H. Asbron
Oscar Carlson
Chas. Martin
A. Walter
A. Christopherson E.J. Tomlinson
M.K. Sullivan
W.S. Ferguson
A.S. Lee
W.S. Fenton
H.W. Mitchell
Chas. Ulankey
H. McKinnon
P.J. Jewell
Fred Winter
E.F. Krueger
Jas. St. Clair
C.A. Larsen
F.M. Crocker
** 1st Homesteader in the Palmer area.
A 1992 Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Department published
a present day map of the
valley
with the early homesteads locations shown on it. It's titled: Settlement
and Homestead Sites 1914-1940
The
following is a list of very early valley residents and their homestead locations
on present day maps
BOGARD ROAD
Ernest
and Olga Peck with daughter Rosie who married Lyle (1930's)
Chester
and Roberta Ricker (post 1945)
Peter Corcoran
(single)
Joe Palmer...had
fox farm...homestead purchased by Wells Irwin
Tverten
homestead on Wasilla Lake purchased eventually by Al Hagen
SHROCK ROAD
Cecil
Shrock homestead
Ed and Elenor
Hartner dairy farm
Curt and
Linda Menard
Dan Sullivan
homestead
Robert Martin
C. W. Martin
R. Patton
Richard
Patten
Gene Holmberg
(teacher)
Eloy and
Maggie Garcia
Chuck and
Alice Bergland
Pat and Barbara
Carney
Dale Carney
Ed and Lee
Ellen Baker
Paul Huppert
Alex Sotto
FIRST SETTLERS NORTH OF LITTLE SUSITNA RIVER
Basil
and Sue Telliers
Paul and
Ona Mahoney
Will and
Kelly Mahoney
Opan Toomey
M. R. Sites
/ Clara Sites
Kelly Palmquist
Martin and
Beulah Olsen
SHROCK ROAD EXTENSION TO PARKS HIGHWAY
John
and Emma Bozeroff
Walter Shampine
Pete and
Shirley Dreith
Bob Cherney
Vernon Caswell
FISHHOOK ROAD
Blind
Nick............Indian, single (real name Nicoli McNeil)
Rufe and
Annie Stephan Irene, Doris and James
Doc Slope
(?) Clarine Stroup....single (handwriting hard to read on this name)
Dan Patchell
James Hilliard
family
C. Kelton
.....2 children
Lois Kelton....music
teacher
Roy Holtz....music
teacher
Herman Boom
Keith Poppert
George Venne
homestead
Neftsinger
homestead
Vic McNeil
.........owned land Blind Nicks cabin was on (also known as Capt. Slivers McNeil)
Warren and
June Jones
Fred Nelson
....owned land that the cemetery is on now
Marvin Kneff
homestead
Harold Nichols
Martin and
Petty Betts
G. Gatzloff
Frank Sorenson
Clyde Poisal
Phil Serrels
Bob and Gertrude
Clark
Elizabeth
Suckling Wells and sister (both teachers)
UPPER WASILLA FISHHOOK ROAD
Dewey
and Mary Welch (Welch Road)
Art Welch
Les Green
and family (east of Fishhook Road, airstrip and shop)