Tagged: Birch Hill Cemetery

Skiing at Birch Hill in Fairbanks dates back to 1930s

Skiing at Birch Hill in Fairbanks dates back to the 1930s

With skiing’s long history in Nordic countries, it is not surprising the Swedes, Norwegians, Danes and Finns entering Alaska at the turn of the 20th century brought their skiing traditions with them. According to...

Twisted trees at Birch Hill Cemetery

I hiked up to Birch Hill Cemetery before the snow flew. On the property’s south slope (beyond the cemetery’s perimeter) is a small bluff, and along the bluff’s edge the trees are marvelously twisted...

Groundhog at Birch Hill Cemetery

  Contrary to a popular misconception, there are groundhogs (Marmota monax) in Alaska, and they are not recent immigrants. I read one misinformed blog post that said they hitchhiked to Alaska after the Alaska...

Minnie Slater’s grave at Birch Hill Cemetery – Fairbanks, Alaska

  The white picket fence in this photograph, located on the lower slope of Birch Hill Cemetery just north of Fairbanks, encloses the grave of Minnie Starr Slater. She was married to Charles Slater,...

Ant high-rise at Birch Hill Cemetery – Fairbanks, Alaska

Several years ago I worked as a groundskeeper at the Birch Hill Cemetery here is Fairbanks.  (Under-employed artists end up working all sorts of interesting jobs.)  I was removing some rotten boards around one...