Category: News

Thu, April 14, 2016

Fairbanks History Lecture: April 20, 2016

The Tanana Yukon Historical Society presents The 7th program of the 2015-2016 Season Wednesday, 20 April 2016 7 p.m. Pioneer Hall at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks "Armed and Alert: Living and Working at Nike Missile Sites in Alaska" Presenter: Karen Brewster [caption id="attachment_4444" align="alignright" width="332"] Site Summit above Anchorage. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Turner)[/caption] Alaska's location made it a key strategic player during the Cold War. Missile sites and radar stations were established around the state to help protect American... (Read More)

Tue, March 01, 2016

State Library Archives and Museums Budget Cuts

Help!!! State House and Senate Finance Committee members need to hear from you that the State Libraries Archives and Museums program provides critical services to Alaskans. The House Finance Subcommittee on Education recommended draconian cuts to the division—totaling nearly $2.7 million. If sustained, the division would lose at least eight positions. The cuts would impact services provided for records managers, students, researchers, museum visitors and libraries. And the proposed cut to the Online with Libraries (OWL) program would mean that... (Read More)

Fri, January 08, 2016

Exploration of the Brooks Range

[caption id="attachment_4292" align="alignright" width="204"] Alaska geologists Frank Schrader, J. Edward Spurr and Harold Goodrich pose in work clothes, 1896.USGS Photo Library.[/caption] The National Park Service has produced a terrific short video about the exploration of the Brooks Range by the United States Geological Survey from 1899-1911, with photographs from the six expeditions that were mounted to map the area. You can watch it online, at http://www.nps.gov/…/…/avElement/gaar-USGS-Exploration-4.mp4. For more information from the National Park Service about the history of USGS exploration in... (Read More)

Wed, December 09, 2015

Mottrom Dulany Ball: A Founding Father of Alaska

Sometimes one finds bits of history in the oddest places. Recently, the Alaska Historical Society was contacted by William Page Johnson, of Fairfax, Virginia, to let us know about a connection between one of his city's early residents and the state of Alaska. Mottrom Dulany Ball of Fairfax, Virginia, was instrumental in the earliest efforts toward the purchase of Alaska by the United States. According to Johnson, editor of The Fare Facs Gazette newsletter of Historic Fairfax City, Inc.,: "Unfortunately, Ball... (Read More)

Thu, September 17, 2015

Cordova Transportation

Notes About Transportation and RIDES NEEDED 2015 Annual Joint Meeting in Cordova ------------------------------------------------------------ News about Shuttles, Taxis, and RIDES NEEDED ------------------------------------------------------------ Below we describe what's available to transport you into downtown Cordova depending on your arrival by plane or ferry. Please send a short email to us with the day and time of your arrival. Send info to nancy@cordovamuseum.org. That way, we can be sure enough transport is available! ------------------------------------------------------------ LOOKING for rides: A few folks (from Kodiak or elsewhere)... (Read More)