Art show opening this Friday at River City Cafe
I have an art show opening this Friday, March 7th, at River City Café and Espresso at 523 2nd Avenue in downtown Fairbanks. I’ll be on hand from 5 to 8 pm showing historical...
From Doyle’s Roadhouse to Gakona Lodge–life goes on in Gakona
The National Register of Historic Places states that Gakona Lodge and its predecessor, Doyle’s Roadhouse, represent one of the oldest continuously operating roadhouse operations in Interior Alaska. It also is one of the most...
John Haines’ cabin on a sunny February morning
We drove down the Richardson Highway to Delta this past week. It was a sunny day and we stopped briefly to take pictures of John Haines’ cabin at Richardson. Photos were taken from the...
Good turnout at my Tanana-Yukon Historical Society presentation
There were about thirty people in attendance at Pioneer Hall this past Wednesday for my presentation on thirty years of drawing history in Eastern Interior Alaska. The event was hosted by the Tanana-Yukon Historical...
Double sun dogs in Fairbanks – 2-10-14
Fifteen degrees below zero, sunny and double sun dogs over the Chena River. Winter as it should be.
Gilcher Building in Fairbanks displays city’s last old-time storefront
Gilcher Building in Fall 2013 The Gilcher Building at 524 Third Avenue in downtown Fairbanks (where River City Café is located) is the last example in the city of the storefront style found across...
“Thirty years of sketching Interior Alaska history” talk for Tanana-Yukon Historical Society on Feb. 19
Sketch of Blixt Cabin off the Elliott Highway I’ll be giving a presentation at the Tanana-Yukon Historical Society meeting on February 19th. The program will be about my historical art and writing and my...
Long shadows on a sunny day in the woods behind my house – February 2014
Photo taken in the woods behind out house at about 1:00 pm.
Hoar frost rose bush in Fairbanks
Weather in Fairbanks is tending back towards normal, which means it is getting colder. Yay! Was out taking photos in the woods behind out house and saw this prickly rose bush covered in ice.
Paxson — a tale of two roadhouses
The remains of the second Paxson’s Roadhouse as it looked in early spring 2013 The tumbled-down building in the drawing, located about three miles south of Isabelle Pass along the Richardson Highway, is the...
