Harding Car part of Alaska Presidential history
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...
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North American AT6 Texans at Fairbanks air show
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...
Rare 1931 American Pilgrim 100B aircraft at Fairbanks
We had a Centennial Air Show Celebration here in Fairbanks Today, The show was in honor of 100 years of aviation in Alaska. We went out to the airport to look at the planes....
1940s Quick-Way Truck Shovel crane on Brockway Chassis near Ester
Here is a 1940s era Quick-Way truck-mounted crane sitting on a Brockway chassis. It is located along the Parks Highway near Ester. According to an article on the ConstructionEquipment.Com website, in 1922, a prototype truck-mounted...
Case L tractor and the early years of Creamers Dairy in Fairbanks, Alaska
Case L tractor in front of creamery at Creamers Dairy When Charles and Belle Hinckley arrived in Fairbanks in the spring of 1904, they had no inkling that they would establish what would become...
Ben Eielson and his Jenny fly into Alaska History
Carl Ben Eielson, one of Alaska’s pioneering aviators, grew up yearning to fly. Born in Hatton, North Dakota in 1897, he got his chance to become a pilot during World War I by enlisting...
Taku Chief a relic of Interior Alaska’s early riverboat days
When the tug boat Taku Chief began its career in Southeast Alaska in 1938, the age of steamboating on Interior Alaska rivers was dying. Gold mining, which had spurred a few decades of frenetic...
Photos of restoration work on Ben Eielson’s Curtiss Wright Jenny
I am working on a drawing of Ben Eielson’s Curtis Wright JN-4 (Jenny), which still exists and is being restored. Today I was able to get a look at the pieces of the plane...
SS Nenana – The last steamboat to Fairbanks
SS Nenana along the Lower Yukon River during the 1940s (originally posted on 9-11-2012 – revised on 4-30-2018) The SS Nenana has been one of the premier attractions at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks....
Relics of Alaska Highway construction rest in Delta Junction
Early 1940s Osgood 200 face shovel at Delta Junction Some people think that the Alaska Highway ends in Fairbanks. However, most residents of Delta Junction will tell you their hometown is the northern...
