Although I’ve seen photos of the displays, I got my first actual look at the exhibit last week, and it was quite humbling to walk into that very prestigious museum and see my name on the walls, along with the photos I’d researched and the history I’d written!
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Alaskan History Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1
In this issue: The History of Tanana • Knik News • Pioneer Photographer P. S. Hunt • Searching for the Ohio Roadhouse • Will Rogers and Wiley Post: The Final Farewell • Alaska Central Railroad. 64 pages, postage paid. northernlightmedia.org/2025/01/18/a...
I’m quoted a couple of times in a nice article about Alaskan roadhouses in Smithsonian magazine, and got a link to my book about the roadhouses too:
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The truth of what was happening then is far better than any fiction. Check out “Johnny’s Girl,” by Kim Rich. 😏
Fast swings between alarmingly wet and very dry weather can create conditions for destructive wildfires. Scientists say that ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ is increasing as the atmosphere warms. via @kqednews.bsky.social
This book is an in-depth look at the incredible paintings done by the award-winning Colorado artist who has elevated the history of sled dogs to an exhibit at the prestigious Western Spirit Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona through April, 2025:
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1/5 In 1969, Tandy Industries of Oklahoma published a prospectus for Seward's Success, a proposed all-inside city (often called a domed city) across the Knik Arm from Anchorage. This is that complete--if short--document including the illustrations. #alaskahistory #alaska
I published a new book, a very engaging memoir about life aboard commercial fish tenders in Alaskan waters. “The Tender Life,” by Anne Winters:
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One of my favorite books from the dozens I’ve published:
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An art glass piece from my sand carving phase
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The great Thomas Moran painted this, the “Chasm of the Colorado," in 1874, after touring the area with Major John Wesley Powell a couple of years before. Shortly after its completion, the American Congress bought the painting for the spectacular sum of $10,000.
Possible Knik Arm bridge crossing paths as examined in the 1984 Knik Arm Crossing EIS. You can read it here (www.google.com/books/editio...). For the sake of this study, they also considered hovercraft ferries. #alaskahistory #alaska
Passed these interesting crags today in southern Nevada. A mile or so farther a road headed toward them called Christmas Tree Pass Road, and that big rock does look like a tilting Christmas tree!
So long, Las Vegas, it’s been fun!
Hello BlueSky! I’m an author, with many nonfiction books about the history of Alaska. I am traveling this winter, missing my home and family in Alaska, and happy to have this delightful new way to pass the time, connect with my old friends, and meet new friends! northernlightmedia.org
I’m an Alaskan author and book publisher, with around two dozen nonfiction titles on Alaska’s history, and several other topics by half a dozen authors. Northernlightmedia.org
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The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...
