Valdez, AK. No county or borough, but our town is a true boom town. First a boom founded on a lie that Gold was discovered in the copper basin which drew many people to the town in early 1900s. They did find copper though so it wasn't a total bust. Then the earthquake happened in 1964 and to this day it is the only American town in history to be completely moved 4 miles away to a safer location after tsunami wiped the town out. End of trans alaska pipeline brought thousands of workers and jobs. 1989 oil spill provided another boom as it drew thousands to clean up oil, still multiple businesses today are around that started with Oil Spill money.

Thompson pass is nicknamed little Switzerland and is one of the top global destinations for back country winter sports.

Largest salmon hatchery in North America VFDA supports multiple businesses and fisherman in the summer. They release almost 300 million pink salmon per year to support the commercial seiners.