The Mountain View
CommunityThe Mountain View
CommunityMountain View started as a community a few years before World War II. According to the Anchorage News, November 29,1947, Mountain View was built on land from three homesteads. Norman Lange was one of the earlier homestead owners. He offered to name streets after people who bought lots from him at $200 per lot. The first three roads were named after Robert S. Bragaw Jr., Parsons (Don't know first name.), and Taylor (Don't know first name).
The Earthquake of '64 and Mountain View
On March 27, 1964, an earthquake that measured 9.2 on the richter scale shook Anchorage for five destructive minutes. The Mountain View residents suffered damages not as severely as other parts of the city. This is because the top-soil underneath the ground in Mountain View was quite firm. The Mountain View residents pitched in with the rest of the city to help rebuild services and utilities in Anchorage.
Robert S. BragawBragaw is one of the main streets in the Mountain View community. Robert S. Bragaw Jr. was a secretary for the Chamber of Commerce during the late 1920's. Robert's father came to Anchorage in 1917. Robert came in 1918 when he was 19 years old. He opened a photography store that was opened until 1944, when he moved to Seattle because of his wife's health. Robert S. Bragaw Jr. died in 1969 and was buried in Seattle.