COMMUNITIES of Alaska

Anchorage

1. Anchorage: Alaska's Largest, Most Modern City
2. How Anchorage Got Its Name
3. Anchorage: Tent City in 1905
4. Using Every Minute of Daylight in Anchorage
5. Furs Made Out of Love in Anchorage
6. Anchorage: A Short Flight to the Wilds
7. Social Activities in Winter in Anchorage
8. Walk or Bike in Anchorage
9. Anchorage History: Boom and Bust
10. Anchorage Winter Activities
11. The Anchorage Museum
12. Spirit Houses at Eklutna, near Anchorage
13. Anchorage Sunset over Cook Inlet

Anchor Point

1. Anchor Point, Alaska's Westernmost Highway Point
2. Anchor Point: As Far West as You Can Go in America
3. Cleaning Fish in Anchor Point
4. Anchor Point's Secret Fishing Holes
5. Fishing the Anchor River
6. The Anchor River Bridge
7. Fishermen of All Ages in Anchor Point

Anderson & Clear

1. Anderson: Home of the Anderson Bluegrass Festival
2. Sputnik and Rural Alaska: Anderson & Clear History
3. Bluegrass in Anderson
4. The Nenana River Runs Through Anderson

Big Lake, Houston & Willow

1. Wilderness Lakes near Big Lake
2. Pronunciation Guide to Big Lake
3. Nancy Lake, Near Big Lake, is Wilderness Jumping-off Point
4. Outdoor Life in Big Lake
5. Get Your Bunny Boots in Big Lake
6. Peaceful Lakes, Easy Fishing
7. Willow Could Have Been Alaska's State Capital
8. Progress with a sense of Humor in Willow and Big Lake

Cantwell

1. Cantwell: Entering Denali's High Country
2. Magical Cantwell Landscapes
3. Cantwell and Alaska's Native Peoples
4. Terrain Grows Rugged Near Cantwell
5. The Cantwell Train
6. Blueberry and Cranberry Picking Near Cantwell

Cooper Landing

1. A River Runs Through Cooper Landing
2. Welcome to Cooper Landing
3. Alaska's Finest Fishing: Cooper Landing
4. Cooper Landing: Part of the Good Land
5. Check Fishing Regulations in Cooper Landing
6. Kenaitze Indians Fished in Cooper Landing
7. Cooper Landing: Native Footprints
8. Happy in Cooper Landing
9. The Cooper Landing Spoon Lock
10. Origins of the Kenai River
11. Former Gold Rush Trails in Cooper Landing
12. Cooper Landing: Best of All Worlds

Cordova

1. Authentic Fishermen's Town on Prince William Sound
2. Cordova: A Pretty Coastal Town
3. Canned Cordova Salmon Make Alaska History
4. Cordova's Salmon Saga Continues
5. How to Get to Cordova
6. Cordova, a Town for Fishermen
7. Cordova and the Copper River Delta
8. The Cordova Museum

Delta Junction

1. Welcome to Delta, Alaska's Friendly Frontier
2. Farming is Serious Business in Delta
3. A Pie Eating Contest at the Deltana Fair
4. Buffalo Roam Free in Delta Junction
5. Down and Dirty: Mud Bog Racing
6. Rika's Roadhouse
7. Cow Flops at the Deltana Fair
8. The Old Sullivan Roadhouse
9. Black Rapids Roadhouse
10. Beautiful Mountains Near Delta Junction
11. Delta Recreation
12. Alaska Moose Crossing Near Delta
13. Delta Winter

Denali Highway

1. Denali Wilderness Along the Alaska Range
2. A Special Alaskan Place
3. Bike the Denali Highway
4. Denali Highway History
5. Sockeye Salmon: A Brief Denali History
6. Looking for Animals Along the Denali Highway
7. Tangle Lakes on the Denali Highway

Denali National Park

1. Denali National Park: Home of Mt McKinley
2. How Denali Park Works
3. Drive to Savage River
4. Take the Denali Park Bus to Savage River
5. Camping in Denali Park
6. Whitewater Raft Adventure in Denali Park
7. Seeing Alaska Bears
8. Golden Alaska Fall in Denali Park
9. Bear Proof Your Food
10. Bring Your Camera to Denali Park
11. Denali Park: Visit the Visitor Center
12. Park is International Tourist Destination
13. Relax in Denali National Park

Denali State Park

1. Denali State Park: Trails, Monuments and Wilderness
2. Tranquil Scenes at Denali State Park
3. Stop at Denali State Park's Visitor Shelters
4. Where in Alaska is Denali State Park?
5. Hike in Denali State Park
6. Visit the Alaska Veterans Memorial

Ester

1. Ester: An Alaska Gold Rush Town
2. Gold Rush History Lives On in Ester
3. Ester: A Rowdy Alaska Gold Rush Supply Town
4. Ester History: Boom, Bust, Tourism

Fairbanks

1. Fairbanks: Alaska's Golden Heart City
2. Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
3. Alaska Riverboats Past and Present in Fairbanks
4. Fairbanks Attractions: Visit Creamer's Field
5. Check out Fairbanks' Many Alaska Museums
6. Winter Activities in Fairbanks
7. An All-Alaska Fairbanks Wedding
8. A Long History of Gold Mining in and around Fairbanks
9. Ice Art, Golden Valley
10. Alaska's First Road, the Richardson Highway, Started in Fairbanks
11. The Tanana Valley Fair
12. Visit the University of Alaska Fairbanks
13. Exploring Beyond Fairbanks

Glennallen

1. Glennallen: Transportation Hub of the Copper River Valley
2. Fly From Gulkana Airport
3. Glennallen is a Major Transportation Hub
4. Stop at the Glennallen Visitor Center
5. Glennallen History: Where Glenn and Allen Met
6. Wrangell Mountain Views in Glennallen, Alaska
7. Trans-Alaska Pipeline Runs Through Glennallen
8. Lunch on Glennallen's Visitor Center Porch

Hatcher Pass

1. Hatcher Pass: Independence Mine State Historical Park
2. Visit Hatcher Pass
3. Choose From Three Roads Named Fishhook
4. Hatcher Pass's Old Assay Office
5. Picturesque Hatcher Pass Bunkhouse Slept 50 Workers
6. Take a Walking Tour of Hatcher Pass Mine
7. Flecks of Alaska Gold

Healy

1. Healy: In the Shadow of Mt McKinley
2. Welcome to Healy
3. Miners Climb McKinley
4. Hunting for Gold in Denali National Park
5. Healy: An Alaska Mining Town
6. Alaska Whitewater Kayak Adventure in Healy
7. Suited Up and Ready to Raft
8. Alaskans Mining for Coal in Harmony with Nature

Homer

1. Homer: Land's End in Alaska
2. Sea Views, Spits and an Alaskan Estuary
3. Drive Down Alaska's Homer Spit
4. Good Fishing in Homer, Alaska
5. Homer Activities and Events
6. Visit the Alaska Seafarers Memorial
7. Homer Spit: A Place for Everyone
8. Successful Fishing on the Homer Spit
9. Weathered Alaska Boats on the Homer Spit

Hope

1. Hope: Post-Gold Rush Tranquility
2. Alaska Gold Rush Cities of Turnagain Arm
3. Hope: Day Trip Down Turnagain Arm
4. Why Is It Called A Gold "Rush"?
5. Sturdy Alaska Gold Rush Buildings
6. Six Mines in Hope, Alaska
7. Hope Tidal Flats Are Home to Moose, Eagles, Goats
8. Hope Grew Alaska Truck Gardens
9. Turnagain Arm Views on the Seward Highway
10. How Hope Got Its Name

Kasilof and Clam Gulch

1. Kasilof & Clam Gulch: Traveling Alaska's Ring of Fire
2. Alaska Volcanoes Across the Water
3. Take A Horse Ride
4. Fishing in Kasilof
5. Halibut and Clams in Cook Inlet

Kenai

1. Kenai: Bustling City is Peninsula's Largest
2. Russian Orthodox Influence
3. Log Chapels Reflect Kenai History
4. Fishing the Kenai River and Russian River
5. Kenai Convention and Visitors Center
6. Alaska History in Old Town Kenai
7. Captain Cook State Recreation Area
8. Alaska Fishing and Recreation in Kenai

Lower Copper Valley

1. Lower Copper Valley: Wrangell St Elias and Alaska Gold Rush History
2. The Ill-Fated Alaska Gold Rush
3. Roadhouses of Copper Center
4. Copper Center Museum
5. Patriotic Alaska Traditions in the Copper River Valley
6. Alaskans at Home in Two Worlds
7. Ride the Copper Center Bike Path
8. Willow Lake Overlook
9. Take the Edgerton Highway to Chitina, Alaska
10. The Road to Chitina
11. Chitina: An Authentic Alaska Railroad Town
12. Chitina: An Isolated Alaska Community
13. Where's A Toilet in Chitina?

McCarthy and Kennicott

1. McCarthy & Kennicott: Visit an Alaska Ghost Town
2. An Exciting Alaska Destination
3. McCarthy & Kennicott Were Twin Alaska Mining Towns
4. Alaska Railroad History
5. Getting to McCarthy and Kennicott
6. Four Alaska Copper Mines
7. The Old McCarthy Tramway
8. New Footbridge to McCarthy
9. Paradise for Walkers in Alaska
10. Alaska's "Kennicott Kids"
11. Where to Camp in this Part of Alaska
12. How to Spell "Kennicott"
13. Early Alaska Snowfall over Kennicott

Moose Pass

1. Moose Pass: Small Friendly Town Past Tern Junction
2. On the Road to Seward, Alaska
3. Alaska Flower Bed in Moose Pass
4. Dense Alaska Vegetation on Kenai Peninsula

Nenana

1. Nenana: Camping at the Rivers of Alaska's Interior
2. All-Alaska City on the Tanana River
3. Preserving Alaska Salmon For Winter
4. Alaska Fishwheels in Nenana
5. The Taku Chief and the Tanana River
6. Nenana Street Dance under the Midnight Sun
7. Alaska Railroad Legacy
8. The Nenana Ice Classic
9. Athabascan Beadwork in Nenana
10. How To Celebrate Independence Day in Nenana
11. The Alaska Railroad Runs Through Nenana
12. The Mighty Tanana River
13. St Mark's Church

Ninilchik

1. Ninilchik: A Rustic Village with Russian Influence
2. Heart of Recreation on Alaska's Seward Highway
3. Ninilchik: An Alaska Town with History
4. Volcanoes Across Cook Inlet
5. Clamming in Nilchik, Alaska
6. Beautiful Ninilchik
7. Ninilchik Overview
8. Drydocked Alaska Boats: Ninilchik's "Polly"

North to Arctic Alaska

1. Arctic Alaska: The Dalton Highway
2. Drive the Dalton Highway North
3. Transportation Above the Arctic Circle
4. Midnight Sun, Arctic Sea
5. Dalton Highway Wildlife
6. Sukakpak Mountain
7. Encountering Native Culture in Northern Alaska
8. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
9. Chena Hot Springs, the Steese Highway, and the Elliott Highway
10. The Dalton Highway in Winter
11. Henry Pingel Cabin at Wiseman
12. Prudhoe Bay Pipeline Camp
13. Atigun Pass Vista

North Pole

1. North Pole: Where Santa Spends His Summers in Alaska
2. Santa Poses for Photos
3. Santa Is Tired
4. The Spirit of Christmas Lives On In North Pole

Palmer

1. Palmer: Alaska Farm Country in the Mat-Su Valley
2. Palmer History: Midwest Connection
3. Palmer House Styles in the Colony Museum
4. The Alaska State Fair is Held Annually in Palmer
5. Giant Palmer Cabbages and Other Veggies
6. Palmer: A Good Place to Raise Alaska Kids
7. Alaska's All-American City
8. Visit Palmer's Musk Ox Farm
9. Palmer, A Place for Horses in Alaska
10. Alaska Farm Life Builds Character
11. Vintage Cars
12. Rolling Fields in Palmer, Alaska
13. Prize Winning Alaska Vegetables

Portage and Whittier

1. Portage & Whittier: Glaciers and More
2. Chaos and Destruction: 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake
3. Drive to Alaska's Portage Glacier
4. Alaska's Vanishing Glacier
5. Bike the Portage Glacier Road
6. Welcome to Scenic Whittier on Prince William Sound
7. Drive North America's Longest Highway Tunnel
8. Whittier: An Alaska World War II Town
9. Good Advice: Take A Bus to Whittier

Seward

1. Seward: Jumping Off Point to Kenai Fjords
2. City Camping Without City Woes at the Seward City Campground
3. Iditarod Trail Starts in Seward, Alaska
4. Seward History at the Terminus of the Alaska Railroad
5. Kenai Fjords National Park and Harding Icefield
6. Visit Harding Icefield
7. Take A Boat or Plane to Kenai Fjords National Park
8. The Alaska SeaLife Center
9. Sea Lions at the Alaska SeaLife Center
10. Watch a Sea Lion Haul Out at Chiswell Island
11. Alaska's Good Friday Earthquake Hits Seward Hard
12. Seward's Folly: Alaska Purchased From Russia in 1867
13. Good Friday Earthquake Ruined Standard Oil Dock and Tank Farm

Soldotna

1. Soldotna: Alaska King, Silver, Red, and Pink Salmon
2. A Major Fishing Town on Alaska's Kenai River
3. Stop at the Soldotna Visitor Information Center
4. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
5. Soldotna Red Salmon Bite at Lures and Flies
6. World Record Alaska King Salmon
7. Kenai River Alaska Fishwalks
8. Fishing Etiquette on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
9. Easy Fishing and Camping Along the Kenai River
10. Lures for Soldotna Salmon
11. Hiking in Soldotna and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Sterling

1. Sterling: Fresh Alaska Salmon at the Isaac Walton Recreation Area
2. Run Downtown For Fresh Salmon from the Kenai and Moose Rivers
3. Popular Alaska Canoe Trails in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
4. Protecting Kenai Riverbanks in Sterling, Alaska

Talkeetna

1. Talkeetna: Charm of a Small Alaska Village
2. Talkeetna Was Isolated Mining Center Until 1964
3. Shakespeare in a Urethane Insulated School Bus
4. Climb or Tour Mt McKinley
5. Denali Climber Weighs in before Talkeetna Flight
6. The Best Place to View Mt McKinley is in Talkeetna
7. Talkeetna's Place in Alaska Railroad History
8. Hackey Sack in A Playful Alaska Town
9. Walk Around Talkeetna, A Haven For Kids and Free Spirits
10. Is That A Hen on Your Head?
11. It's a Dog's Life in this Free Spirited Alaska Town
12. Mountain Mamas at Talkeetna's Moose Dropping Festival
13. Long Alaska Days; Longer Nights

Tok

1. Tok: Gateway to Alaska
2. Entering Alaska: The US Border Station
3. Animals of Eastern Alaska: Behold the Caribou
4. Northway Junction Village School
5. The Great Tok Fire of 1990
6. The Taylor Highway and Tetlin Junction
7. Tetlin Wildlife Refuge; Tok Visitor Centers
8. Get Your Alaska Fishing License in Tok
9. Alaska's Alcan Highway was Built by the Army

Trapper Creek

1. Trapper Creek: An Alaska Homesteading Community since the 1940s
2. The Alaska Gold Rush
3. The Free Life for Alaskans From Michigan
4. Mysterious Foliage: Alaska Devils Club

Turngain Arm

1. Turnagain Arm: Drive Down the Alaska Coast to Girdwood
2. Birding at Potter Marsh
3. Rotary Plow at the Potter Railway Section House
4. The Chugach National Forest
5. Seward Highway Rock Climbing
6. Alaska Willdife on Turnagain Arm
7. Mining Fever Strikes Peter Strong
8. Captain Cook Gave Turnagain Arm Its Name
9. Girdwood, Alaska and Crow Creek Mine
10. Winter Sport at Mt Alyeska in Girdwood
11. Alaska's Canine Hitchhikers
12. Whales and Bore Tides in Cook Inlet
13. Miners' Lanterns Shed Light on Crow Creek History

Upper Copper Valley

1. Upper Copper Valley: Road Accessible Fishing, Canoeing and Hiking
2. Alaska's Braided Copper River
3. A Proud Native American Heritage
4. Cutting Fish the Athabascan Way
5. Good Alaska Neighbors
6. Socializing Indoors in Winter
7. Slana Alaska Homesteaders
8. Mentasta, Slana and Nabesna
9. Copper Valley Alaska Fishwheels in Chistochina and Slana
10. Growing Alaska Vegetables
11. Bookmobile: Alaska Library on Wheels
12. Fish the Gulkana River

Valdez

1. Valdez: Alaska Recreation on Prince William Sound
2. The Switzerland of Alaska: Gold Aspens on the Richardson Highway
3. Alpine Scenery in Thompson Pass
4. An All American City on Prince William Sound
5. Valdez's Historic Goat Trail and Keystone Canyon
6. Valdez Duck Flats Home to Birds and Salmon
7. Ski and Snowboard in Thompson Pass
8. Fan Powered Flying Machines
9. Visit Columbia Glacier
10. Stuff to Do In Valdez Alaska
11. Evening Falls on the Valdez Boat Harbor
12. Richardson Highway Runs By Worthington Glacier
13. Valdez: Home to Heavy Snowfalls

Wasilla

1. Wasilla: Alaska Museums and Gold Rush History
2. Alaska History at Wasilla's Dorothy Page Museum
3. Iditarod Mushing in Wasilla
4. More About the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
5. The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
6. Relics of Alaska Transportation
7. Alaska Farmers Market
8. Welcome to Alaska's Mat-Su Valley
9. Alaska Homes Were Built For Pioneer Life
10. The Knik Museum
11. A Simpler Life Along Alaska's Parks Highway
12. Rube Goldberg Contraptions
13. Wasilla: Home of the Iron Dog Snowmobile Race