Steve Thon was walking his old lady – Grace, his Labrador retriever, not Debbie – along the shoreline of Eklutna Lake about September 10 when they found a piece of driftwood that had been floating in Eklutna Lake for nearly 20 years.  Recent high winds had driven it ashore near the lake’s natural outlet, where the first dam was built in 1928. Steve knew how old … Continue reading Eklutna Alex’s cabin: The valley’s oldest house returns from the spirit world

“The mountain sheep keeps his horns as long as he lives, and on them he writes his autobiography.”   Jack O’Connor, The Stories Sheep Horns Tell, 1974 Archives at the Anchorage Museum and Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks harbor a fascinating panoply of historic photos featuring Alaskans and Alaska’s scenery, animals and artifacts.  Several collections feature photos from the short-lived Eklutna Vocational (or Industrial) School, which trained orphaned … Continue reading Annabel’s sheep: An Eklutna mystery