Salty Dawg Saloon a reminder of Homer’s earliest days
The Salty Dawg Saloon has been a Homer Spit landmark for more than 60 years. Part of the structure dates to the end of the 19th century, when the Spit was an on again,...
Category: Bars and saloons
Historic bars and saloons in Alaska
Cordova’s Alaskan Hotel and Bar gives peek at “Frisco of the North” in 1908
The Spanish explorer Salvadore Fidalgo led a 1790 expedition to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska in an effort to bolster Spanish claims to North America’s west coast. Fidalgo arrived in Prince William Sound at...
Fairbanks Big I Pub dispenses history as well as hospitality
Saloons and churches were both integral parts of frontier Alaska. Many early churches survive, while examples of early liquor establishments are rare. Perhaps this is because missionaries and preachers thought in terms of...
At the Malamute Saloon
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous...
