Tagged: Sutton

Moose Creek near Sutton used to be a busy coal-mining area

The face shovel shown in the drawing is a World War II-era Buckeye “Clipper,” built by the Buckeye Traction Digger Company of Findlay, Ohio. It was used at the Premier coal mine on Moose...

Navy gambled on Chickaloon coal and lost

  Chickaloon bunkhouse at Alpine Historical Park   Chickaloon is a small community located just off the Glenn Highway, about 75 miles northeast of Anchorage. Prior to Western contact the area was occupied by...