Tagged: Fairbanks

Kickstarter campaign to fund book winding down

Dear Friends, Thank you to all who have supported my Kickstarter campaign. For the past month I have been raising funds to publish a book based on my historical drawings and newspaper columns. Last...

Creeping juniper in fading winter light

The Fairbanks area received three to four  inches of new snow last night and today, one of the most significant snowfalls we’ve had this winter. Here is a photo of a creeping juniper (Juniperus...

Found Art – Iron and Snow

I’m always on the look-out for the broken or forgotten implement, that by its juxtaposition in the natural world makes a statement to me. I found this whatchamacallit next to the power plant downtown....

Drawing of Kolmakovskly Redount at University of Alaska

Several months ago I did a post on the reconstructed Kolmakovsky Redoubt (a structure from the Russian=Ameican era of Alaska history. I recently did a drawing of the blockhouse and revised and expanded the...

Drawing of raven tree along College Road

There is an ancient birch tree along College Road near the fairgrounds here in Fairbanks. The top of the tree long ago broke off, and the lowest branches are missing. (The lower branch in...

The Falcon Joslin House stands out as a Fairbanks icon

The Falcon Joslin House, 413 Cowles St., stands as testament to the determination of Falcon Joslin, the builder of the Tanana Valley Railroad and one of the earliest promoters of the Tanana Valley. It...

More old Fairbanks houses in the way of progress

 The two cabins shown in the photographs are located at the corner of Third Street and the Steese Expressway here in Fairbanks. The first cabin is nothing special–made with milled logs. The second cabin...