This is the second of three roadhouses that operated at the former town of Richardson, about 75 miles south of Fairbanks—295 miles from Valdez. The first roadhouse, built by Jacob Samuelson near the Tanana...
The Tamarac Inn, a small motel that was built in the early 1950s, is currently undergoing renovation. The building was actually pieced together from surplussed military housing units from Ladd Field that weren’t needed...
The Hi-Yu mine as it looked in the 1990s About 25 miles northeast of Fairbanks sits one of the area’s most successful lode mines, now abandoned and decaying. The Hi-Yu mine is located...
This is a belated post about the launch party for my new book, “Interior Sketches II. More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites. The launch party was held at my favorite books store, Gulliver’s...
I was out this morning taking photos of old buildings when I came across a large ice-filled puddle. Since I had knee boots on I waded in to take photos of ice that...
This is a painting by Marge of Overland Roadhouse. It was located four to five miles south of Harding Lake and was established in about 1909. By the 1920s the proprietor was also operating...
Vesper Wolves (from a dream) by Ray Bonnell What is sleep But the hunting ground of the mind Where the subconscious winnows the herd And vesper wolves haunt my dreams. Chest-high...
Chatanika Gold Camp as it looked in 1994 On a southeast-facing hill just north of Mile 27.5 of the Steese Highway sits Chatanika Gold Camp. The camp used to be the Fairbanks Exploration Company’s...
Our last day in the Lower 48. We spent part of the morning walking around the old Boise railroad depot. The structure, built in 1925 by the Union Pacific Railroad, has a modified Spanish...
