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Ralph Hatch

Ralph Hatch

Ralph Hatch was born in 1924 to Peter K.and Annie Swanson Hatch in Unalaska, Alaska, lived in Seldovia, Alaska and moved to Seward, Alaska in 1930 when his parents got jobs at the Jessie Lee Home. Ralph met his wife, Anne, at a Rainbow Girls dance in Seward, and they married in 1948. Ralph worked as a longshoreman, served in the Army at Whittier, Alaska during World War II, and was an early champion of the Mt. Marathon running race in Seward - running it for the first time in 1946. Ralph passed away in November 2018 at age ninety-four. For more about Ralph Hatch, see his obituary in the Anchorage Daily News newspaper.
Date of Birth:
Sep 2, 1924
Date of Death:
Nov 20, 2018
Ralph Hatch appears in the following new Jukebox projects:
Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Ralph and Anne Hatch

Ralph and Anne Hatch were interviewed on May 10, 2011 by Rachel Mason and Karen Brewster at their home in Seward, Alaska. In this interview, the Hatches talk about Ralph's growing up at the Jessie Lee Home, life in Seward in earlier days, and the 1964 Earthquake. Ralph talks about his father's cabin at Black Point and other cabins in the area, hunting in the Seward area, and expeditions on the Harding Icefield. Anne talks about changes to Exit Glacier, effects of the road to the glacier, berry picking and mushroom hunting, and thoughts about establishment of Kenai Fjords National Park.

 2010-05-16 Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park May 10, 2011