Bragaw, Robert.

Robert S. Bragaw was born in Rathdrum, Iowa, on May 2, 1889. He studied at the University of Idaho and married his first wife, Evelyn Johnson, in Spokane, Washington. Robert Bragaw moved to Anchorage in 1918 and established a photography business, Bragaw Studio, and a gift shop. Bragaw's second wife was Mrs. Myrtle (Edwin L.) Everett. Myrtle Everett Bragaw was born October 13, 1888. Myrtle and her first husband, Edwin (Ed) Everett worked at the Tyonek Orphanage in the early 1920s. In 1923, Bragaw was a ranger at Mt. McKinley Park for 6 months. Bragaw served, from 1931-1935, as a territorial Senator for Alaska and, from 1935-1944, as a city clerk and treasurer for Anchorage. The Bragaws left Alaska in 1944 for Sumner, Washington. Robert Bragaw died in Oak Harbor, Washington, February 10, 1969. Myrtle Everett Bragaw died August 1973. (From: Evangeline Atwood and R.N. DeArmond, Who's who in Alaskan politics : a biographical dictionary of Alaskan political personalities, 1884-1974 [Portland, OR : Binford & Mort for the Alaska Historical Commission, 1977).]