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Sketches of Alaska: An Afternoon at John Haines's Homestead
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Thursday, October 27, 2011. An Afternoon at John Haines's Homestead. John Haines's home at Richardson, Alaska. Trapper's cabin Haines moved to his property. Poem of the Forgotten. I came to this place,. A young man green and lonely. Well quit of the world,. I framed a house of moss and timber,. Called it a home,. And sat in the warm evenings. His writing studio up the hill. Singing to myself as a man sings. When he knows there is. No one to hear. Two Gu...
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Sketches of Alaska: Kantishna’s Busia cabin exudes Alaskan ambiance
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Kantishna’s Busia cabin exudes Alaskan ambiance. Nestled at the base of tundra-covered mountains in Kantishna. Sits the small log cabin pictured in the accompanying drawing. Built by Johnny Busia (pronounced boo-shay)in the early 1900s, the cabin, with its moose antlers over the door and traps hanging on the wall, looks quintessentially Alaskan to me. Was established just to the south in 1917, and when the park boundaries were ...
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Sketches of Alaska: Wet and Webby - White Mountains - August 2015
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Monday, August 10, 2015. Wet and Webby - White Mountains - August 2015. Gathering berries on a drizzly taiga hillside,. I chance across a spider gathering raindrops in her web,. Pass by her berry-laden bush,. And bring home memories instead. Posted by Ray Bonnell. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Gulliver's- Fairbanks locally-owned full-service bookstore. Check it out! Buy your "Interior Sketches" book here. Find me on Bloggers.com. An Afternoon at J...
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Sketches of Alaska: We finally found the blueberries! Steese Highway - August 2015
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. We finally found the blueberries! Steese Highway - August 2015. Because of the hot dry weather earlier this summer, the blueberry harvest right around Fairbanks has been disappointing. However, on a scouting expedition up the Steese Highway about a month ago we found a promising hillside. We went back this weekend and found blueberries aplenty! Posted by Ray Bonnell. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Find me on Bloggers.com.
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Sketches of Alaska: Out my back door at 40 degrees below zero
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Saturday, January 28, 2012. Out my back door at 40 degrees below zero. At 1:00 pm today it was -40 °. Doesn't matter whether I say Fahrenheit or Celsius, they're both the same at 40 below). We had heavy ice fog, and the sun barely cleared the buildings behind my house. Moodily beautiful but frigidly cold! Attitude, attitude- everything is attitude! Posted by Ray Bonnell. December 22, 2012 at 9:43 AM. That is a cool photo. Find me on Bloggers.com. I an c...
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Sketches of Alaska: "Eva's Place" can still be found at Pioneer Park
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Eva's Place" can still be found at Pioneer Park. Building 23 (Eva's Place) at Pioneer Park as it looked in 1989. One of the oldest buildings at Pioneer Park (formerly Alaskaland) is associated with Eva McGown,. As a bunkhouse. Ed Orr opened the stage line in 1904 and ran passengers and freight between Fairbanks and Valdez. Has a cabin (originally used for wagon storage) that shows similar modifications. Arthur and Eva lived in ...
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Sketches of Alaska: Charles Adams and the S.S. Lavelle Young were icons of Alaska steamboating
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Charles Adams and the S.S. Lavelle Young were icons of Alaska steamboating. The SS. Lavelle Young at Fairbanks in 1904. Chartered the boat in 1901. Later, Adams was appointed captain of the Nenana when it was launched in 1933. According to Adams autobiography, " A Cheechako Goes to the Klondike. The next summer, Barnette was eager to reach Tanana Crossing (present-day Tanacross) and establish a trading post. Unfortunately, hi...
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Sketches of Alaska: Murphy Dome panorama - Fairbanks - 7-26-2015
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Murphy Dome panorama - Fairbanks - 7-26-2015. We drove up to Murphy Dome last week looking for blueberries. Didn't find many berries, but the view was fantastic! This panorama is looking southwest. That's our camper at the right edge of the photo. To fit the photo onto the blog page I had to squeeze it down. Click on the photo for a larger image. Posted by Ray Bonnell. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Sketches of Alaska: Fairbanks Exploration Company machine shop kept the dredges running
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Ray Bonnell's art and ramblings in Interior Alaska. Friday, March 9, 2012. Fairbanks Exploration Company machine shop kept the dredges running. FE Company machine shop as it looked in the early 1990s. When you are in the resource development industry, the infrastructure to support your business needs to be in place before your operations begin. And if your operations are at the end of a 2,000-mile-long supply line, having local warehousing, repair and fabrication facilities is essential. The last FE Comp...
