Russian Jack Springs Park is a public park located in Anchorage, Alaska, managed by the Municipality of Anchorage. The park is named for Jacob "Russian Jack" Marunenko.[1] The park comprises two quarter-sections, minus road rights-of-way, covering approximately 300 acres (120 ha). DeBarr Road, a major east–west arterial road in Anchorage, bisects the park.
The land for the park was transferred to the municipality of Anchorage by the Bureau of Land Management in 1948[clarification needed] and it was initially used as a minimum security prison farm.[2]
It was the site of four murders by Charles L. Meach in 1982. Three years later, three elderly people were murdered by a teenaged couple in a secluded residential neighborhood approximately 250 feet (76 m) south of the park's border.
References
edit- ^ "Marunenko, Jacob "Russian Jack" | Alaska History".
- ^ Deb Vanasse (2007). "Insiders' Guide to Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska, 2nd: Including the Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, and Denali National Park". Morris Book Publishing. Page 82.
61°12′25″N 149°47′14″W / 61.20694°N 149.78722°W
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