The two-story building at the corner of Illinois and Minnie Streets was built by Fred Noyes in about 1911. Noyes owned a sawmill at the end of Illinois street next to the slough that...
I’ll be having a one-evening-only art show at the Morris Thompson Cultural Center this Friday, showing historical drawings I have done during the past year. The drawings will be on display from 5 to...
Harding Car at Pioneer Park in 1996 Many Fairbanskans have probably seen the “Denali” Pullman car on display at Pioneer Park, but how many know its history? It was part of the...
I was walking around downtown yesterday and happened on these four old Farmall tractors on display across the street from the Clay Street cemetery. Cool! Farmall A (cub) Farmall H Farmall Super M...
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...
My front yard is a native-species garden. Fortunately, may of the wildflowers appearing there are volunteers, sown by the wind and birds. Siberian Asters (Aster sibiricus Linnaeus) are some of the volunteers. This year...
I noticed some Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) poking up through my common juniper bushes this summer. The bedstraw has confined itself in years past to the highbush cranberries, but it looks just as lovely...
The Bunnell House as it looked in about 2000 The Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines (now the University of Alaska Fairbanks) got off to a slow and shaky start. Established in...
Blueberries–obviously We went blueberry picking this afternoon at our favorite spot near Olnes Pond along the Elliott Highway. There are plenty of blueberries this year (as opposed to last year’s dismal pickings). We also...
There were four North American AT6 Texan trainers at the Centennial Air Show Celebration on July 4th. The AT6 was an advanced trainer aircraft used by the United States, Great Britain, and members of...
