Fairbanks’ first public library (pictured in the drawing) is a direct result of Episcopal Church efforts to provide reading materials for residents of Alaska’s frontier settlements. Hudson Stuck, Episcopal Archdeacon of the Yukon, wrote...
I an convinced that Alaska would not be nearly so developed had it not been for “government surplus.” At least in the Railbelt and Southcentral, military surplus vehicles and other equipment helped Alaskans survive....
We recently went camping at Byers Lake, about 200 miles down the Parks Highway on the other side of Broad Pass. We hadn’t been there for probably 15 years. The camprground, operated by the...
Davidson Ditch inverted siphon across U.S. Creek “Ditch” is such a mundane word and certainly doesn’t accurately describe the Davidson Ditch, the 90-mile long system of open earthwork canals, steel pipe and tunnel that...
When we were up at Sourdough Creek a week ago we found a large pile of very red rocks (at least that’s what my wife tells me). The rock pile had obviously been there...
Architectural historian Alison Hogland, author of Buildings of Alaska, writes that the Lacey Street Theater, “is the finest Art Deco building in Fairbanks.” The theater has graced the corner of Lacey Street and Second...
Several years ago I saw this Silver Hawk in a yard along the main street in Anderson. When I went back last summer to take more photos the car was gone. Oh well…...
Since I posted the photos of the ground dogwood a few days ago, I thought I would also post a drawing I did. Ground dogwood (Cornus canadensis), also called bunchberry, is one of my...
Here are some photos I took on my recent excursion to Sourdough Creek. The hills had been burned over within the last ten years and were covered with a vibrant growth of...
On Monday of this week we drove to Sourdough Creek, about 70 miles up the Steese Highway. We have friends whose family owns an old mining camp up there. Borough land records say the...
