Chena River on Thanksgiving day — sunny and beautiful
Thanksgiving day here is Fairbanks. My wife and I walked down to the river and back just now. It is clear and cold, about -5 degrees F. Actually pretty good weather for the end...
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Main School, now City Hall, is a Fairbanks fixture
Soon after Fairbanks was established, residents began clamoring for schools. In the fall of 1903 (even before the city was incorporated), a small private school opened. Thirteen students and their teacher met in a...
Kickstarter campaign starting soon for “Interior Sketches II”
This is for fans of my historical essays, drawings, and first book, “Interior Sketches, Ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites.” Response to the first book was positive, and since I have continued to write...
Birch seeds and catkin scales as miniature leaves for dioramas
So all you Northern types who live surrounded by birch trees–there are those winter days when the wind blows and the snow ends up with piles of birch seeds and birch catkin scales...
Icy tree in the winter sun – Fairbanks in November
Had a friend tell me about an ice-laden tree near the old library at the corner of 1st and Cowles here in Fairbanks. The tree stands beneath the downspout of the building’s gutter and...
Rocks n’ Snow – November 2014
We have had a paucity of snow so far this year. I took these photos several weeks ago in my front yard. There was still some residual heat in the rocks so the snow...
“Sketches of Alaska” now appearing in “Last Frontier Magazine”
Last Frontier Magazine is a relatively new publication. Based out of Palmer, it is going into its second year of life. Produced by Alaskans for Alaskans, its web page states that the magazine’s “goal...
The early Richardson Highway and the Gibson stage line
The Richardson Highway stretches 368 miles from Valdez on Prince William Sound to Fairbanks in the Tanana River Valley. In its earliest form — the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail — it was the dominant overland route...
Roald Amundsen cabin in Eagle – a link with bygone era of Polar exploration
The small frame house shown in the drawing, located in Eagle, Alaska, is where Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) spent several months during the winter of 1905-06. He had mushed to Eagle, 400 miles...
KFAR Radio, Cap Lathrop’s gift to Interior Alaska
KFAR radio transmitter building on Farmers Loop road Within a few years of commercial radio’s birth in the Lower 48, radio stations began popping up in Alaska. In 1922 the Northern Commercial Company (NC...
