Category: Manley

Manley (formerly Manley Hot Springs) – Historic settlement and hot springs approximately 165 miles northwest of Fairbanks at end of Elliott Highway

Old Caterpillar tractor from Manley still puttering along

In 1929, C.W. Cash, a sales representative for Northern Commercial Company, traveled through Interior Alaska visiting prospective customers. While at Manley Hot Springs, a small isolated community along the Tanana River, he met with...

Manley’s historic schoolhouse reflects town’s commitment to education

  Manley schoolhouse in mid-2000s Gladys Dart was a young mother with three children when she moved to Manley Hot Springs in 1956. She and her husband, Chuck, had just purchased the Karshner homestead...

Manley Roadhouse – Serving hospitality since 1903

Manley Roadhouse as it looked in 1994 John Karshner was prospecting for gold when he stumbled across a hot springs in the hills just north of a small Tanana River tributary in 1902. Karshner...