Anchorage Tour (HD): Oscar Gill House

The Alaska Podcast (HD) by Bob Kaufman

Mar 13, 2010Society & Culture

Oscar Gill House (HD) Oscar Gill was a local statesman who played a key role in Alaska gaining statehood, but his house achieved fame all on its own. Gill was Anchorage’s mayor during Prohibition, when bootlegging was bi...

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