Parts of the Valdez-Eagle Trail can still be walked
Segment of Valdez-Eagle Trail at Eagle Trail State Recreation Site in Fall 2016 In the wake of the first wave of stampeders to the Klondike Gold Rush, U.S. Army Captain P.H. Ray was sent...
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From Doyle’s Roadhouse to Gakona Lodge–life goes on in Gakona
The National Register of Historic Places states that Gakona Lodge and its predecessor, Doyle’s Roadhouse, represent one of the oldest continuously operating roadhouse operations in Interior Alaska. It also is one of the most...
Old Slana Roadhouse survives as private residence
The old roadhouse at Slana may be unique among Interior Alaska roadhouses. Most roadhouses changed ownership numerous times. However, the Slana Roadhouse, built by Lawrence DeWitt in 1928, is still owned by the DeWitt...
New transportation routes bring life–and death–to Doyle’s and other Alaska Roadhouses
The Richardson Highway, like many roads in Alaska, has been rerouted many times. Its predecessor, the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, experienced the same growing pains. Soon after the Valdez-Eagle Trail (the Trans-Alaska Military Road) was blazed...
Day trip to Tanacross
St. Timothy’s Church I just returned from a day trip to Tanacross, which is about eight miles west of Tok. Tanacross (formerly known as Tanana Crossing) is an Athabascan Indian village. I went...
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...
Roadhouse Road Trip – Fall 2011
We took one last trip in our camper before freeze-up—a 500-mile round-trip down the Richardson Highway to Gakona Junction, up the Tok Cut-off to Tok, and then home via the Alaska Highway and Richardson...
