Museum Memories

That’s not Texas! This is our neighboring community of Chitina up the Copper River, andthe photograph was likely taken in the early 1900s. Chitina...

The Copper River and Northwestern Railway

The Copper River and Northwestern Railway was built from 1906 to 1911 for the purpose ofhauling copper ore from the newly established Kennecott Mine,...

Old Iceworm photo

We are taking a break from our trip down Second Street this week to look at an Iceworm Festival photo recently processed in the...

The Joseph Diggs Mercantile and former U.S. Post Office

The building at Second Street and Council was built in 1908 to house Joseph Diggs’ mercantile business. Two stories high and measuring 50 feet...

The legacy of the Assembly of God Church

Built in 1908, this two-story structure is distinguished by its false front and flat roof bordered by boxed cornice brackets along the eaves. This...

Iceworm’s humble beginnings

A couple of the “boys” were warding off the cold one night in 1961, and over classes of their favorite “anti-freeze” they discussed just...

Remembering a gathering place

Our journey along Second Street forces us to remember incredible buildings now long gone. As with the demise of the Windsor, right across the...

Merry Christmas from the Cordova Historical Society!

This undated photo captures some holiday cheer in our town.Photo courtesy of the Cordova Historical Society.

A hotel ahead of the times

As we move to the middle of Second Street, the parking lot of the Federal Building, which today is home to the Cordova Ranger...

Museum Memories

Approaching our very special Mt. Eccles Elementary School, we need to talk about what was in the location BEFORE our current school – in...
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