Tagged: History odds and ends

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...

2011 Alaska Historical Society award a pleasant surprise

  I was taken by surprise the other day. A friend called a month or so ago and asked me why I wasn’t at the recent Alaska Historical Society’s annual meeting held in Valdez,...