Found art – rusting pipe and fittings
I was walking downtown by the Big I Pub earlier today. There is a large pile of rusting cast iron pipe, fittings and machine parts behind the building and the early morning sun was...
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Chena River lagoon in Hamilton Acres – 9-6-14
This is a gorgeous “Indian Summer’ weekend in Fairbanks–sunny with daytime temperature up around 60 degrees. I took this photo at the end of Hamilton Avenue in Fairbanks.
Eagle Creek mining area along Steese Highway – 8-30-14
This photo was taken from the south approach to Eagle Summit, looking southeast towards Eagle Creek. The creek drainage has been mined extensively. The horizontal lines across the hillside are old ditches dug...
Circle’s Rasmussen House a freighting pioneer’s legacy
Nels Rasmussen house in Circle Circle City , with a pre-1900 population of about 800 people, saw its population drop to a few hundred after the turn of the century. The town was established...
Snowy Eagle Summit on August 30th, 2014
Drove up the Steese Highway to Central this morning. The heavy frost I thought I saw on the heights of Eagle Summit turned out to be fresh snow! Snow was all melted by the...
Fairbanks Exploration Company’s pump house –a watering hole of a different sort
Pump House Restaurant in Fall 2013 The Pump House Restaurant is one of the premiere dining establishments in the Fairbanks area, but more than 80 years ago it began its life as a different...
Old farm tractors at Chena Hot Springs
We were up at Chena Hot Springs Resort yesterday and I took photos of the old equipment there. Here are three farm tractors on display. Ford Model T tractor conversion Ford Ferguson Allis Chalmers...
Ups and downs of Circle City, the “Paris of the North”
Old Circle City cabin in the spring of 2014 Circle is a small, predominantly Athabascan community at the end of the Steese Highway 160 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Located on the Yukon River’s south...
Misty morning at Birch Hill Cemetery – strawberry and rose leaves
I walked up to Birch Hill Cemetery this morning. It was misting and water drops were collecting on everything. Here are two photos I took.
Native cemetery at Circle – Summer 2014
I took this is a photo on a recent trip to Circle. It is a small Native cemetery beside the Steese Highway just outside of town. Circle began in 1894 as a supply...
