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Tenaina Indians, a branch of the Athabascan tribe, were the early inhabitants of the Anchor River valley and the beaches of the Cook Inlet, into which Anchor River empties.
During the spring of 1896 gold fever brought a group of men and one remarkable woman to the beach south of the "Point" to sluice and pan for the fine beach gold brought in by the tides.
.A hardy group of missionaries and homesteaders arrived during the post-war era beginning in 1945, planting crops, raising livestock, and building homes and schools.
Many of those early settlers, and their growing families, continue to
live in the area and enjoy the beauty and bounty that attracted the
native families centuries earlier.