This Day in Alaska History-February 11th, 1945
This Day in Alaska History-August 5th, 1952
On August 5th, 1952, the director of the Alaska Department of Fisheries, CL Anderson and Alex McRae announced that the department had begun planting Rainbow Trout in Upper Fire Lake. They also announced that they would begin planting into Falk and Echo Lakes later in the week. According to their announcement, 20,000 fry were released […]
This Day in Alaska History-August 4th, 2018
On August 4th, 2018, a de Havilland Beaver belonging to Rust’s Flying Service took off from Talkeetna airport on a 1-hour flightseeing trip with four Polish visitors. A short time later the aircraft’s ELT was triggered on a ridge high on Thunder Mountain 14 miles from the Denali Summit. The pilot, Craig Layson, made contact […]
This Day in Alaska History-August 3rd, 1908
On August 3rd, 1908, Fairbanks stepped into the automobile age when David Laiti brought a 1907 Type XV Pope-Toledo into the interior city on the steamer Cudahy. Within three days Laiti had the 50-hp, brass-laden Pope on the roads and he would use the auto to ferry customers to Fox as well as take excursion […]