FE Company machine shop as it looked in the early 1990s When you are in the resource development industry, the infrastructure to support your business needs to be in place before your operations begin....
Late winter is ice carving time in Fairbanks. Right now the 2012 World Ice Art Championship is underway, but carvers have been producing ice sculptures around town since January. Ice angel earlier this month...
Traveling through the small town of Nenana, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks, you might get the impression that it is a relatively new community—the fortuitous juncture of the Alaska Railroad, Parks Highway...
Gold dredges have majorly changed the landscape around Fairbanks. At one time or another there have been about eight dredges operating in the area’s valleys. These dredges, which floated in their own man-made ponds,...
I took these photos yesterday after a light dusting of snow. They show the bluff at the base of College Hill at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The bluff overlooks the Chena River...
Leonhard Seppala’s cabin as it looked in the 1990s Most people probably aren’t aware that Leonhard (Sepp) Seppala, who achieved fame during the 1925 diphtheria serum run to Nome and popularized the use of...
I am slowly turning our front yard into a native species garden. Years ago I planted several clumps of wild Alaska iris (Iris setosa) and have found the plants to be just a beautiful...
The University of Alaska (established in 1915 as the Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines) sits on a ridge with a commanding view of the Tanana and Chena River flats. People...
It was a beautiful day today–clear and about 25 degrees F. above zero (shirt-sleeve weather). I’ve been wanting to take photos of the snow on top of our arbor gate, and this was...
I love back yards. They show so much about the true character of the house’s residents. Both of these photos show the back yard of the house at 303 Illinois Street, here is Fairbanks....
