Tagged: Kenai Peninsula

The 116-year-old Ballaine House in Seward home to Frank Ballaine, brother of the founder of Seward, John Ballaine. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Seward’s Ballaine House is reflection of flush days of Alaska Central Railway

John Ballaine was the entrepreneur primarily responsible for initiating construction of the Alaska Central Railway (ACR) across the Kenai Peninsula. He is also credited with founding the town on Seward, the southern terminus of...

Orthodox chapel at Ninilchik has been serving the faithful since 1901

Orthodox chapel at Ninilchik has been serving the faithful since 1901

The Russian-American Company (RAC) charter stipulated that its employees could not reside permanently in Alaska, having to return to Russia at the end of their contracts. However, by the 1820s, the RAC had a...

Old Cooper Landing store and post office now tell area’s history as a museum

Old Cooper Landing store and post office now tell area’s history as a museum

The hamlet of Cooper Landing, on the banks of the Kenai River just west of Kenai Lake, is one of the Kenai Peninsula’s recreation meccas. The community traces its history back to the 1896-97...