Fun book signing at Fairbanks Community Museum
This past Friday I had a book signing a the Fairbanks Community Museum for my new book, Interior Sketches. The community museum is a great little place, and I had an exhibit there last...
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Fairbanks Big I Pub dispenses history as well as hospitality
Saloons and churches were both integral parts of frontier Alaska. Many early churches survive, while examples of early liquor establishments are rare. Perhaps this is because missionaries and preachers thought in terms of...
Bohemian Waxwings at Clay Street Cemetery – December 2013
I was wading through the snow at Clay Street Cemetery a few days ago taking pictures and spied a small grouping of Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) in a chokecherry tree there. They are a...
Street widening gives clearer view of historic Noyes House
The Noyes house in the Fall of 2012 For years the historic Noyes House at 407 Illinois Street was obscured by fencing and trees. One of the “benefits” of the recent Illinois Street widening...
The books are here..well, at least some of them…
I have finally received copies of my book, Interior Sketches. I am delivering books to people who have already paid for them, and a limited number of books will be available at Gulliver’s Books...
Historic Mary Lee Davis House – From plush early Fairbanks home to popular modern B&B
Mary Lee Davis House in Fall 2000, before restorations began In today’s world of mega-houses, the wood-frame bungalow at 410 Cowles Street known as the Mary Lee Davis House doesn’t stand out, but in...
Old McCarty’s trading post foundation shows up though Fall’s leafless trees
We have had a very nice lingering Fall this year. It is October 17th and normally everything would be frozen already, but we are still having + 50 degree days. We took a drive...
Alaska Road Commission’s Big Delta ferry – of roads, truckers and tolls
Ferryman’s cabin at Big Delta When the Alaska Road Commission (ARC) was created in 1905, it undertook the herculean task of building roads and trails throughout the Territory. One of its first projects was...
