Denali National Park and Preserve (Formerly Mt. McKinley National Park – historical posts about development of park and areas such as historic mining community of Kantishna
Buses have ferried Denali National Park and Preserve (originally Mt. McKinley National Park) visitors into the park for more than 80 years. The Fageol Safety Bus shown in the drawing (the most modern bus...
The plane in the drawing is a 1928 Stearman C3B, registration number NC5415. It is, along with planes such as Ben Eielson’s World War I-era Curtis Wright JN-4 (on display at Fairbanks International Airport),...
The first headquarters site for Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park and Preserve) was on low-lying ground near the confluence of Riley and Hines creeks. This site was subject to flooding and...
The Comstock Cabin on Eldorado Creek in 1994. This cabin was built in the mid 1950s. Kantishna’s Eldorado Creek, as opposed to the 26 other Eldorado Creeks listed in the “Dictionary of Alaska Place...
Harry Karstens, cabin at Pioneer Park in the 1990s Henry Peter (Harry) Karstens, a.k.a. the Seventymile Kid, was a legendary Alaskan outdoorsman. He is remembered as co-leader of the first successful ascent of Denali...
The East Fork (Murie) cabin in the 1990s As early as 1922, rangers erected a tent near the confluence of the East Fork of the Toklat River and Coal Creek (43 miles from park...
Whitey’s cabin in 2004. When the Denali Highway opened in 1957 it was more than just a 135-mile scenic byway between Paxson and Cantwell. It was the connecting road from Mt. McKinley National Park...
Quigley cabin as it looked in the 1990s Fannie Quigley was a larger-than-life Alaskan whose story has probably been embellished over the years. A 1990 Alaska Magazine article related that Fannie “was quick on...
Nestled at the base of tundra-covered mountains in Kantishna sits the small log cabin pictured in the accompanying drawing. Built by Johnny Busia (pronounced boo-shay)in the early 1900s, the cabin, with its moose...
Dog mushing has been an important activity in the Denali region since before the establishment of Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park and Preserve). Natives in the area traditionally used dog teams...
