Samuel Blum was a leading citizen in early Valdez and Cordova
The building shown in the drawing, at 500 Third St. in Cordova, was originally the home of Samuel Blum and his family. Blum was a banker and merchant who was active in Southeast and...
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Seward’s Brown & Hawkins Store still standing after 117 years
Charles E. Brown and Thomas William “T.W.” Hawkins both came to Alaska in 1898. Brown entered the territory via the route pioneered by the Hudson’s Bay Company – the McKenzie, Rat and Porcupine rivers,...
Keystone Canyon tunnel is one of the few remnants of Valdez railroad history
The Lowe River flows through Keystone Canyon east of Valdez. The canyon provides the only practicable land route out of Valdez, leading to Thompson Pass, which provides access to the Copper River Basin to...
George Cheever Hazelet helped develop Valdez and Cordova
Hazelet’s house in Cordova as it looks today George Cheever Hazelet was a resident of Omaha, Nebraska when news of the Klondike gold strike reached the contiguous United States in 1897. Even though he...
Roadhouse paintings by Marge Gull
I was doing internet research and came across some roadhouse paintings done by Genevieve Marguerite (Marge) Gull. The image I included is her painting of the Timberline Roadhouse, which was a one-year-only roadhouse that...
Valdez-Fairbank Trail, a lifeline for early Interior Alaskans
Stage operated by Ed S. Orr between Fairbanks and Valdez The Ed S. Orr Stage Co., also called the Fairbanks-Valdez Stage Co., was the most successful of several stage lines that operated along the...
