- Grant Reed
Grant Reed (died 1942) was Mayor of
Anchorage, Alaska from 1928-1929.Biography
Reed moved to
Skagway, Alaska in 1900 to work for theWhite Pass and Yukon Railway In 1908, he took a job with theAlaska Steamship Company , and later worked for theCopper River and Northwestern Railway in Cordova. Reed went to work for theAlaska Railroad in 1920. In 1921, he moved to Anchorage and opened a women's apparel store called "Reed's" with his wife, Sadie.Reed was elected to two terms on the City Council, in 1923 and 1926.In 1928, Reed was elected to a single term as Mayor of Anchorage. He continued to work concurrently for the railroad.
In 1936, Reed retired from the Alaska Railroad. A widower, he re-married in 1939. In 1940, he and his wife, Agnes Sayers of Ketchikan moved to
Long Beach, California , where Reed died in 1942 at the age of 73.References
* Citation
title = Death Takes Grant Reed: Former Local Mayor Dies Near Long Beach
newspaper = Anchorage Daily Times
pages = 1,5
year = 1942
date = February 7, 1942
* cite book
last = Bagoy
first = John P.
title = Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935
date = 2001
pages = 221-222, 235
isbn = 1888125918
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