Tagged: Big Delta State Historical Park

Old McCarty’s trading post foundation shows up though Fall’s leafless trees

We have had a very nice lingering Fall this year. It is October 17th and normally everything would be frozen already, but we are still having + 50 degree days. We took a drive...

Alaska Road Commission’s Big Delta ferry – of roads, truckers and tolls

Ferryman’s cabin at Big Delta When the Alaska Road Commission (ARC) was created in 1905, it undertook the herculean task of building roads and trails throughout the Territory.  One of its first projects was...

Rika’s Roadhouse still important fixture along Richardson Highway

Rika’s Roadhouse in later winter 2011 Big Delta—so named because of its location at the confluence of the Delta and Tanana Rivers, and to differentiate it from Delta Telegraph Station on the nearby Little...

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...