Category: Tanacross

Tanacross (originally Tanana Crossing) – Historic Athabascan village along Tanana River where old Valdez-Eagle Trail crossed the river, approximately 10 miles west of Tok.

Bureau of Land Management’s YCC program enriched lives of youth from across Alaska

The small log cabin show n in the drawing is the last vestige of the Bureau of Land Management’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) camp at Tanancross. It is the camp’s wellhouse, built in the...

St. Timothy's Church in 2012

Episcopal missionaries established Tanacross 100 years ago

2012 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Timothy’s Church in Tanacross. The church was one of a string of missions the Episcopal Church established along the Tanana River in the early 1900s to serve...

Fairbanks Hidden History – A few examples

Inside some of the ordinary-looking houses in downtown Fairbanks are hidden log cabins dating from the city’s earliest days. There are also bits of area history hidden inside some of the larger commercial building...

St. Timothy’s Church in Tanacross celebrates 100th anniversary

  Current church, dedicated in 1981 I spent the day at Tanacross yesterday. The people of Tanacrosss, along with friends from all over Interior Alaska, were celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Timothy’s Episcopal...