Tagged: College

Consitution Hall at Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks played important part in state’s formation

Ernest Patty’s tenure as president of the University of Alaska (from 1953-1960) was a time of building. According to Terrence Cole’s book, The Cornerstone on College Hill, during those seven years the faculty almost...

Old Lindy’s Grocery building is a survivor

The photo above is of the old Lindy’s Grocery Store building at 3450 College Road.  Carroll “Lindy” Lindberg and his wife, Barbara, owned and operated Lindy’s Grocery at its downtown Fairbanks, and College Road...

Old College depot (an example Fairbanks hidden history) torn down

Once upon a time (80 odd years ago) there was a tiny depot by the railroad tracks near what was then the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now the University of Alaska)....