Independent Lumber’s Fairbanks warehouse in 1990 As the town of Fairbanks grew between 1901 and the early 1920s it was not built with brick and stone. The city was far from Outside sources, and...
So this is what spring looks like in Fairbanks. I went out for a walk in the woods behind our house on Saturday, the 21st. Still long shadows, but the world is warming up.
The redpolls (small brown and white finches with a red spot on top of their heads) have been flocking around Fairbanks this past week. They descended on our back yard, feasting on the birch...
Adams “Leaning Wheel” grader used on Steese Highway, now at Circle Distirct Museum in Central Ever since the 1892 discovery of gold along a Yukon River tributary called Birch Creek, prospectors have been tramping...
R. C. Wood’s house in the mid 1980s Richard Crowther “Dick” Wood, a pioneer Fairbanks banker and civic leader, was born in Winnemucca, Nevada in 1876. He spent much of his childhood in Tombstone,...
Fordson snow tractor outside the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum in Fairbanks The odd-looking contraption in the drawing is a Fordson “Snow Motor,” also called a snow tractor. It is basically a Fordson tractor (built...
I was out taking photos today and was intrigued by the contrast between birch branches, snow, and sky.
During my recent walk along the Chena River I saw lots of fox tracks–must be a good vole year. For the first photo above, which is several shots stitched together, I stood about six...
Happy Holidays! Went for a walk on the Chena River today. It was a lovely day — partly cloudy and about 5 degrees above zero (F). It was about 1:00 in the afternoon, with...
Thanksgiving day here is Fairbanks. My wife and I walked down to the river and back just now. It is clear and cold, about -5 degrees F. Actually pretty good weather for the end...
