Category: Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System

Fort Egbert at Eagle, Alaska brought order to Alaska-Canada border

The non-commissioned officers (NCO) quarters at Fort Egbert, Alaska is one of the few buildings remaining at the former Army post (now managed cooperatively by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Eagle...

WAMCATS linked Fairbanks to the rest of the world

McCarty telegraph station at Big Delta State Historical Park When I started reading early editions of Fairbanks newspapers certain things piqued my interest. For instance, some issues from the 1910s printed announcements for goods...