“Old Town” Homer is located on the benchlands of Kachemak Bay’s north shore, southwest of modern Homer’s business district. The Sterling Highway delineates the area’s northern boundary, with Bishop’s Beach to the south, and...
The old railroad depot in Seward is testament to the travails the city has gone through as a railroad town. Although constructed in 1917, the depot’s history can be traced back to the advent...
Prior to construction of the Alaska Railroad through the Matanuska Valley, there was little development in the area that would one day be Palmer. One of the first white men in the valley was...
Fuller Thompson cabin at Scottie Creek in 2019. Thompson was a big-game guide and he and his wife were among the first homesteaders in the Scottie Creek area. Scottie Creek crosses the Alaska Highway...
Downtown Hope in 2014 According to the 1915 U.S.G.S. report, Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, the only recorded instances of Russian gold exploration in Alaska occurred between 1848 and 1851, when...
Palmer UPC as it looked in the 1980s. The church is also called the “church of a thousand trees.” The federal government finalized plans in the spring of 1935 to relocate families from Wisconsin,...
Several weeks ago Betsy and I drove down to the Kenai Peninsula for the weekend. We hadn’t been there in about 15 years. While we were there Betsy let me check out a bunch...
