Moose tracks in the fresh snow
Usually, all we get coming through the neighborhood in winter is cow moose with calves. This morning a young bull moose hopped over our highbush cranberry hedge into the front yard. He breezed through...
Tagged: Alaska
Top hats for my fence posts
After our recent snowfall, all the front yard fence posts were sporting new white top hats.
Interior Sketches” book project featured in Alaska Historical Society newsletter
The most recent issue of the Alaska Historical Society’s newsletter, Alaska History Notes, had a half-page announcement about my upcoming book, put in compliments of the local Tanana-Yukon Historical Society. The announcement features my...
Bingle Memorial Camp namesake was indefatigable worker
Bingle camp lodge as it looked in 2001 Bingle Memorial Camp is set on a picturesque 66 acre heavily-wooded parcel along the south shore of Harding Lake, about 47 miles southeast of Fairbanks. It...
Claypool/Berry house a reminder of Fairbanks judicial history
Claypool/Berry houe in early winter of 2011 When James Wickersham became sole judge for Alaska’s new 3rd Judicial District in 1900, he was not a lone ranger tasked with bringing justice to Interior Alaska....
A haunting end to life at Circle Hot Springs
For countless years before Westerners entered Interior Alaska, only Athabascan Indians used the hot springs located on the northeastern edge of the Tanana-Yukon Uplands, near where Birch Creek meandered out into the Yukon River...
Golden-tipped trees in Winter’s evening light
A few days ago there was a beautiful golden cast to the evening light. (In Fairbanks, evening in late December comes about 3 p.m.) Here are a few photos taken in my back...
Snowy branches in my backyard
Ragweed under the snow I took some photos in my back yard after the recent snowfall. Here are a few of the pictures Birch catkins Spruce bough
Palace Hotel a rare remnant of Fairbanks early business district
Palace Hotel as it looked in November 2012 The old Palace Hotel, a two-story log structure now located at Pioneer Park, is a rare survivor of Fairbanks’ early business district. According to the City...
12-16-2012 – High noon in Fairbanks at -36 degrees
Here’s a photo I took at noon today on a bank of the Chena River looking east.
