Join us April 25 for “The 192 Rail Link: My Connection to the Train that Helped Build the Alaska Highway”

Join us April 25 for “The 192 Rail Link: My Connection to the Train that Helped Build the Alaska Highway”

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…

Feb program: Northern Libraries

Feb program: Northern Libraries

Our February program will be “George C Thomas Memorial Library and other Northern pre-1940’s Libraries”, by Aldean Kilbourn. Libraries have existed in the North since the early days of the Gold Rush, both in the Yukon and in Alaska.  Libraries from Outside were asked to send their worn-out books,  but without exception, there was hunger…

November’s Program: A Baroness in Fairbanks

November’s Program: A Baroness in Fairbanks

In winter at a well known hotel, with her children, on multiple occasions with different husbands. One woman’s secrets, let’s try and find the why! Join us in person or on Zoom for the exciting program presented by Lindsay Balmer. November 23, 2021, 6pm-8pm. Refreshments will be served. During the meeting we will be discussing…