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Forget-Me-Nots


Ed Crittenden

December 18th, 2009

Ed Crittenden came to Alaska as part of the Coast Guard during World War II.

He stayed and built an architectural firm. He was here during the Good Friday earthquake.

He and his wife Kit remember one of the projects Ed designed – the first Tower of the Hotel Captain Cook. Wally Hickel built right near where land had liquefied and sunk into Cook Inlet in the quake.

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