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This wasn't the only one in Alaska.

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As far as settlement was concerned, Spenard was Romig Hill and scattered boonies up until development began in earnest in 1946. A 1937 publication of the territorial government referred to Spenard Road not as Spenard Road but as the "Lake Spenard Highway". Rapid development, mostly led by Wally Hickel and Earl Hillstrand (the latter the owner of significant acreage on Romig Hill, which he operated as a fox farm), plus the construction of (Ted Stevens) Anchorage International Airport and (West) Anchorage High School, transformed the area greatly. The City of Anchorage annexed Turnagain and the portion of Spenard north of Northern Lights Boulevard in 1960. When the Greater Anchorage Area Borough incorporated, the rest of Spenard became a service area, which stretched south as far as 68th Avenue and east as far as the present-day U-Med District.