The Trail to Eldorado, Chatanika Valley, Alaska
Last post I published a drawing of an old building at Little Eldorado Creek and talked about the area’s history. This time I’m putting up some photos from my hike out there a few...
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All that’s left of Eldorado – Chatanika Valley, Alaska
Eldorado Creek building as it looked in 1994 The Tanana Valley Railroad (which operated from 1905 to 1930 under various names and owners) used to run 35 miles from Fairbanks to Chatanika through country...
Welcome to the YMCA – Old Door in Skagway, Alaska
Skagway may not seem to be related to Interior Alaska, but there is a link. This city was one of the main ports of entry to the Klondike, and when the Klondike gold rush...
If Vincent Van Gogh was a Paperboy
“The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh – 1889 Delivering newspapers at 40 degrees below zero (part 1) The temperatures here is Fairbanks are dipping into the negative numbers at night, which reminds me...
Fairbanks Exploration Company revived Early Fairbanks
Old FE Company office building on Illinois Street in Fairbanks This drawing depicts the Fairbanks Exploration Company office building as it looked in 1992. This stately building, constructed in 1926, was the first...
1942 GMC truck I spotted along Alaska Highway
1942 GMC near Northway Junction, Alaska I drove down to the Beaver Creek (Canada) area this summer. Along the Alaska Highway near Northway Junction (approximate milepost 1260) sits this old 1942 GMC truck. Stenciled...
At the Malamute Saloon
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous...
An Afternoon at John Haines’s Homestead
Poem of the Forgotten by John Haines* I came to this place, a young man green and lonely. Well quit of the world, I framed a house of moss and timber, called it a...
Little remains of Richardson, Alaska
Richardson Roadhouse in 1990, after it closed When I moved to Fairbanks in 1983, Richardson (about 70 miles southeast of town) was a pale shadow of its former self. There were just a few...
Autumn at Livengood
We drove up to Livengood (about 80 miles north of Fairbanks) last week. Livengood is an old mining community that was a going concern in the early 1900s. There used to be a large...
