Tagged: church

Methodist/Presbyterian Church in Skagway

Skagway’s Methodist/Presbyterian Church survives town’s booms and busts

  Skagway is located at the foot of White Pass in Southeast Alaska. In 1897 Captain Billy Moore’s homestead encompassed much of the area, and when the Klondike Gold Rush began, his property was...

Meier’s Lake – A roadhouse chapel and a wife’s civilizing influence

Meier’s Lake Chapel in 2014 Charles Meier got his start in the roadhouse business working for Alvin Paxson. Meier, a mail carrier between Valdez and the Interior, hired on as cook when Paxson opened...