My Kickstarter campaign for raising funds to publish “Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites” is entering its final week. The campaign ends Sunday, April 19th at 9:00 pm. That should...
Pan American Airways hanger at Weeks field in the early 1940s The Pan American Airways hangar shown in the drawing is part of Fairbanks’ hidden history. It was once used by Pan Am at...
We are half way to our funding goal of $2,230.00, which is the amount needed to cover the development and first printing of my book, “Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic...
Independent Lumber’s Fairbanks warehouse in 1990 As the town of Fairbanks grew between 1901 and the early 1920s it was not built with brick and stone. The city was far from Outside sources, and...
So this is what spring looks like in Fairbanks. I went out for a walk in the woods behind our house on Saturday, the 21st. Still long shadows, but the world is warming up.
I just received an e-mail letting me known that someone at Kickstarter decided my project was worthy enough to be a “Staff Pick.” That means that for at least a few days it will...
For the past five years I have been publishing a bi-weekly historical column, “Sketches of Alaska,” in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper. Each column features a detailed pen and ink drawing of a historic...
The redpolls (small brown and white finches with a red spot on top of their heads) have been flocking around Fairbanks this past week. They descended on our back yard, feasting on the birch...
Adams “Leaning Wheel” grader used on Steese Highway, now at Circle Distirct Museum in Central Ever since the 1892 discovery of gold along a Yukon River tributary called Birch Creek, prospectors have been tramping...
Talkeetna Roadhouse as it looked in the mid 1970s When I first visited Talkeetna in the early 1970s it was a sleepy little hamlet. The Talkeetna Spur Road had just been paved, but Talkeetna...
