Tagged: Top of the World Highway

Fortymile Roadhouse in 1998

Fortymile Roadhouse and the Taylor Highway, gateway to the historic Fortymile country

The 160-mile long Taylor Highway was constructed between 1947 and 1951 to connect the Alaska Highway with the Fortymile River region (often referred to as “Fortymile country”) and the city of Eagle on the...

Exploring Boundary and Top of the World Highway

  Boundary Roadhouse in 2000 When the military road from Fort Liscum in Valdez to Fort Egbert in Eagle was “completed” in 1900 it was little more than a rough trail suitable only for...