Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Gilahina Bridge, Mile 28.5, McCa...
Significance: Part of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway route, this bridge illustrates the ingenuity and drive of the railroad builders. Built during the winter of 1911 in only eleven days, this 180 fo... More
Nizina Bridge, Mile 8, Nizina Road, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Ar...
Significance: Part of the McCarthy-Nizina Road, with the purpose of providing a route to the Dan Creek, May Creek and Chititu mines, the Bridge was an expensive thorn in the side of the Alaska Road Commission a... More
Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...
Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More
Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...
Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More
Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...
Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More
Wonder Lake Ranger Station, Cantwell, Denali Borough, AK
See also the Wonder Lake Ranger Station Outhouse (HABS AK-245). Significance: The ranger station was built by a portion of the 200-man Civilian Conservation Corps that was employed at the park the summers of 19... More