Tagged: historic sites

All that’s left of Eldorado – Chatanika Valley, Alaska

Eldorado Creek building as it looked in 1994 The Tanana Valley Railroad (which operated from 1905 to 1930 under various names and owners) used to run 35 miles from Fairbanks to Chatanika through country...

Fairbanks Exploration Company revived Early Fairbanks

  Old FE Company office building on Illinois Street in Fairbanks This drawing depicts the Fairbanks Exploration Company office building as it looked in 1992. This stately building, constructed in 1926, was the first...