Another old Illinois Street building bites the dust
Up until last summer this building stood at 270 Illinois Street. It was one of the buildings occupied by OK Lumber, which went out of business several years ago. The Alaska Railroad Corporation,...
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Charles Adams and the S.S. Lavelle Young were icons of Alaska steamboating
The S.S. Lavelle Young at Fairbanks in 1904 Two riverboats are represented at Pioneer Park: the S.S. Lavelle Young (first commercial steamboat to navigate the Chena River in 1901), and the S.S. Nenana (last...
Improved view of historic houses one of plusses of Illinois Street improvements
The Illinois Street project is bittersweet for me. While it will improve traffic flow through downtown Fairbanks and eliminate some awkward and dangerous traffic situations, it also took out several historic buildings. One of...
Mossy rock wall in my front yard
What can I say. They’re close-up photos of the mossy rock wall in my front yard. I built a low dry-fit rock wall in front of my larkspur bed a few years back and...
Lady Ferns unfurl in front of my abode
Here are some photos of emerging Northwestern Lady Ferns (Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum) in my front yard. You can definitely see why these are sometimes called “fiddlehead” ferns. The botanical name for the young...
Artistic Mud
It has been raining recently. Reminds me of a few years ago when we had to do some repairs to the front of our garage’s foundation. While the trench was still open it rained,...
Prickly Roses about to bloom in Fairbanks
It was only a couple of weeks ago that the leaves started budding out here in Fairbanks, but already the wildflowers are starting to bloom. I was out walking today (without a camera of...
Judge Wickersham was civilizing influence in Fairbanks
The Wickersham House in Fairbanks as it looks today Judge James Wickersham was not favorably impressed when he arrived in Fairbanks on April 9, 1903. The judge was traveling to Fairbanks from Circle City...
Minnie Slater’s grave at Birch Hill Cemetery – Fairbanks, Alaska
The white picket fence in this photograph, located on the lower slope of Birch Hill Cemetery just north of Fairbanks, encloses the grave of Minnie Starr Slater. She was married to Charles Slater,...
Presbyterian church in Fairbanks, Alaska – 1910
This drawing shows the Presbyterian church in Fairbanks as it looked in 1910. The Presbyterians were one of the first denominations to establish churches in the fledgling town, building a small wood-frame sanctuary at...
