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READ.// “The apprehension of gentlemen of the green cloth by officers of the law in Anchorage the other day recalls the early days of the northland, when gambling and kindred vices were the rule, rather than the exception, as now.” A Twitter post recently led me down a rabbit hole, to turn-of-the-20th-century Nome, Alaska. In digging up this nostalgic missive on the “days of yore,” I learned about Nome’s early “Hurrah” district, where seedy joints with names like the Board of Trade and Wyatt Erp’s Corner compressed a city’s worth of crooked gambling, drinking, dancing, and prostitution into a single block. The whole area burned down in 1905, but not before—as locals put it—that “period of unlicensed liberty in Alaska” imparted a few “lessons of life.”

LOOK.// Speaking of which, here’s the Twitter post, featuring an undated photo of the Hurrah block’s proud Second Class Saloon. It gives off a strong “spaghetti Western meets Biff Tannen’s Pleasure Paradise from Back to the Future 2” vibe. I especially love the signs promising “eastern beer only”—I would think every beer becomes eastern beer once it’s shipped to Alaska.

DRINK.// New Belgium Brewing Company’s Fat Tire Amber Ale
Since we’re on bygones: See about getting your hands on some original Fat Tire Amber while you still can. New Belgium’s decision to rebrand, re-style, and (hopefully) revitalize one of craft beer’s venerated elders has likewise inspired Beer Twitter to rebrand its own arguments over Anchor’s makeover a couple years ago. But I’m in no position to judge. The news motivated me to buy some of the old stuff for the first time in years (on sale, at the grocery store), and I’ll pick up some of the new stuff when I see it. After all, who could pass up the chance to pit New Coke Fat Tire against Fat Tire Classic?