Tagged: Garden Island

St. Joseph’s Hospital served Fairbanks’ medical needs for more than 50 years

The Catholic Church sent Father Francis Monroe (Society of Jesus) to Alaska in 1894. He spent several years at missions along the Lower Yukon River before moving to the Upper Yukon after the Klondike...

Fairbanks Big I Pub dispenses history as well as hospitality

  Saloons and churches were both integral parts of frontier Alaska. Many early churches survive, while examples of early liquor establishments are rare. Perhaps this is because missionaries and preachers thought in terms of...