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In The Riverfront Town Of Nenana, Coghill's Store Holds The City Together In Midwinter

Coghill's Store In Nenana Is Heart & Soul Of Authentically Alaskan Town Storeowner Marilyn (Coghill) Duggar sells fresh tomatoes to Rucky Richards. Nenana is a wonderfully old-fashioned town. Up the road 50 miles, in Fairbanks, you can go see the actual "Riverboat Nenana" -- which was named for the town. Inside the refurbished riverboat are dioramas -- miniature displays of the historic towns along Alaska's great interior river system. When you drive over the bridge at Nenana, and look down into the real town below, it looks exactly like one of those Fairbanks dioramas. Barges still ply the Tanana River in the summertime, heading out toward the Yukon and the coast. An actual "port," Canadian river traffic comes in from the east. The Alaska Railroad goes through town, past the old train depot.. This is one of the three historic depots left in the state. (The other two historic old green depots, all of which look roughly the same, are eq...

Innovative Ways Of Succeeding -- Both At Work And Bringing Hope, And Life, To Others

Garrett's Gas Station in Downtown Anchorage. At Garrett's Gas Station In Anchorage: Feeding Orphans, Building Homes Opening Schools… And Pumping Gas "Alaska" In Anchorage One advantage that rural businesses have is that they can be more "Alaskan." But, this New Year, we'd like to celebrate an Anchorage gas station that is as Alaskan as it can be. Crowding Into The Little Red Office "After" photo of a Vietnamese family with the new home built by the Garretts. Garrett's Tesoro, at the hectic intersection of Arctic and International Airport Road, is located smack in the middle of Anchorage. But it is truly Alaskan at heart. Nelson Garrett, who owns it with his wife, Angela, has a steady stream of loyal customers who pour into the little red American flag-covered office after they fill up their cars at the pumps. A year or so ago, Tesoro upgraded all of Garrett's pumps, so customers co...

Talkeetna Extends Its Season Through Independents, Special Events

In September, 2014... Denali Park businesses and even Denali National Park itself, shut down for the season. But Just A Hundred Miles Away... Down the Parks Highway, Talkeetna was roaring with activity. Travelers roamed Talkeetna's streets -- from overseas, Alaska, and the continental U.S. That very same weekend. Talkeetna & The Independent Traveler LIke Denali, part of Talkeetna's strength is its relatively small physical area. It also has a special status -- not as a famous National Park, but as "Real Alaska" with an historic district that's full of old log cabins and railroad buildings. Talkeetna people pull together and coordinate "events" that are intriguing to both locals and outsiders. These include …Friday concerts, workshops in Alaska skills, bazaars, National Park activities, theater, outdoor markets, and lessons in skills such as running on trails. If a Talkeetna group or person can think up something, they'll jump ...

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