Please join us Wed Sept 29, 6pm
at the Fairbanks Community Museum
535 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, Alaska.
The museum is inside the Co-op on the second floor. There is an elevator available. The program will be about the museum and it’s contents, with curator Bob Eley.
We will be meeting at the Kilbourn residence again due to restrictions at Pioneer Park. The original plan was to meet at a pavilion and view the S.S. Nenana, but we will wait and do it next year. We will still have a presentation on the S.S. Nenana with the Friends of the S.S. Nenana…
The Cemetery Walk at Clay Street Cemetery was a great success. Joan and Aldean did a great job talking about the history, the people, and the graves of Clay Street Cemetery. Many people attended and the weather was perfect. The boy scouts also were there to place the Memorial Day flags. Attendees were given cards…
Please join us for the February meeting, Tuesday the 23rd, 6pm. The presentation after the meeting will be “Roller Rinks in Fairbanks” by Aldean Kilbourn. The program will be live on Zoom as well as in person at the Kilbourn residence in Fairbanks. You may choose how you will attend. Members will receive the link…
We have decided to meet for the September meeting! We have not met in person for March, April, and May. Our meeting will be a different day than usual and will be on a Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Please join us Wed Sept 23, 6pm at the Fairbanks Community Museum 535 2nd Ave, Fairbanks, Alaska….
How much do you know about the construction of the Alaska Highway? Living at the end of the Alcan in Delta Junction, I thought I had a pretty good bead on it’s back story. But then I stumbled on a photograph that took me on a journey of discovery about details surrounding building the highway…
We had our September meeting on the 27th. The program was “Fairbanks Grit: The Life of Dr. Aline Chenot Baskerville Bradley Beegler” by Janet Richardson. Janet dressed up like Dr. Beegler, the second woman physician in Fairbanks. We learned about her life, and life in Fairbanks during her time. The program was recorded on Zoom…
