
The Municipality of Anchorage purchased the first section of this parkland in 1955, and an additional portion was purchased
from Grace Gay in
1960. The park was named
Valley of the Moon after the Indian name for Sonoma Valley in
California, where Jack London
lived in later years.
This park is known in the Anchorage community for the rocketship play equipment, which was originally installed in the 1960s and replaced in 1998.