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Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony

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Frank and Minnie Swanda, colonists from Minnesota, get their first look at Alaska. Photo by SERA, Hilsher Album, Anchorage Museum.

Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of the Matanuska Colony (2007) is a documentary created by Paul Hill and Joan Juster

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In the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal gave 202 destitute Midwestern farm families a chance to start over in Alaska. Alaska Far Away tells the story of this bold government experiment, and the families who found themselves thrust into the national spotlight along the way.

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