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Come to Alaska Wild Berry Products and try the Alaska made, Alaska sized, 5 and a quarter pound Alaska Sized Chocolate bar! Since 1946 Alaska Wild Berry Products has been first in Alaskan gifts. Shop online at akwildberry.com  or visit us at our factory headquarters on juneau street in Anchorage. Alaska Wild Berries Chocolates, gummies, jams and jellies are all made in house using the freshest Alaskan Ingredients. AKWildBerry.com

I recall a conversation I had many years ago with an old Sourdough in Sitka. He shared with me his account of the “Dirty Thirties” in Southeast.  According to him, that tumultuous decade that nearly broke America was very challenging, but his sense was it was much easier for people in Alaska than in the lower 48.