Sutton has a lengthy coal mining history
Sutton, about 15 miles northeast of Palmer on the Glenn Highway, owes its existence to coal mining. Geologist G.C. Martin explored the area for the U.S.G.S in 1905 and reported an estimated 61 square...
Category: Glenn Highway
Glenn Highway – built during World War II, originally from Anchorage to Glennallen, now includes “Tok Cut-off,” (also built during World War II) extending highway to Tok.
Glenn Highway’s King Mountain Lodge was once an essential stop
The Glenn Highway, which winds along the Matanuska River before climbing over Tahneta Pass to the Copper River Basin, opened in 1943. In the late 1940s the roughly 145-mile section of narrow, gravel-surfaced road...
Glennallen began as World War II era construction camp for Glenn Highway
Glennallen , situated at the junction of the Glenn and Richardson Highways, started as a highway construction camp just prior to the 1941 entry of the United States into World War II. Relations between...
Lake Louise and the Army Point military recreation site
Old Army recreation cabin at Army Point on Lake Louise Lake Louise (Sasnuu Bene’ in Athabascan) is the eastern-most of a series of interconnected lakes on the Lake Louise Plateau at the Copper River...
Eureka Lodge has served Glenn Highway travelers since road’s inception
The original cabin at Eureka Lodge in 2013 The Glenn Highway, which stretches from Anchorage 179 miles northeast to the Richardson Highway, should perhaps have been named the Castner Highway. After all, Lt....
Old Slana Roadhouse survives as private residence
The old roadhouse at Slana may be unique among Interior Alaska roadhouses. Most roadhouses changed ownership numerous times. However, the Slana Roadhouse, built by Lawrence DeWitt in 1928, is still owned by the DeWitt...
