The Matanuska Glacier, Hatcher Pass and a few longtime Palmer residents are key figures in a New York Times article that for a while today had top billing at the Times' Web site and was high on the newspaper's "Most E-mailed" story list.
The story is part of the Times' American Journeys series, which has featured several small(ish) towns around the nation, such as Marietta, Ohio, where several political dignitaries have been born, and the Hanford nuclear reactor site in Washington.
The author, Diana Bletter, describes a moulin on Matanuska Glacier, recaps Palmer's Depression-era history, sips coffee at Fireside Books and spots dall sheep from Gold Cord Lake in Hatcher Pass.
Neither Wasilla nor its currently most-famous resident are mentioned.
Check the story out here.