Tok – historic settlement at junction of Tok Cut-Off and Alaska Highway. Began as construction camp during World War II. Now a regional transportation and service center.
In the past two days our Kickstarter campaign has met and then greatly exceeded our funding goal! Thanks to an article in Thursday’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper, our Kickstarter campaign went from about $850...
The Kickstarter project to fund a first printing of my new book, Interior Sketches III, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites, is now live and accepting pledges. The book features 70 historic...
The 160-mile long Taylor Highway was constructed between 1947 and 1951 to connect the Alaska Highway with the Fortymile River region (often referred to as “Fortymile country”) and the city of Eagle on the...
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...
St. Timothy’s Church I just returned from a day trip to Tanacross, which is about eight miles west of Tok. Tanacross (formerly known as Tanana Crossing) is an Athabascan Indian village. I went...
Arctic Lupen I took Monday off and we drove down to Tok. Here are some wildflower photos I took. Arctic lupen (Lipinus Arcticus) found on gravel bars and in open areas, along roadsides throughout...
View of the Tok River Valley from trail’s end I should have taken more photos, but it was only going to be a short walk before breakfast—just a 2.5 mile stroll to a...
