Begich Boggs Visitor Center (1986). Ribbon cutting at opening of the Begich Boggs Visitor Center in Portage Valley AK. In 1973, Mrs. Lindy Boggs completed her late husband’s term in the U.S. House of Representatives and Mrs. Pegge Begich was involved in Alaska politics. (L-R Senator Stevens, Pegge Begich, Lindy Boggs, unidentifed).