Museum Memories: 30 Years of Healing
It took Cordovans some time to move forward from the disaster of the ’89 oil spill. In fact, the community became a subject for...
Museum Memories
All Aboard! In this photo from the Cordova Historical Society collection a Copper River and Northwestern Railway engine and cars await passengers ready to...
Museum Memories
Honoring the colors of the American flag are the military personnel stationed at the Mile 13 air base. Note in the background the tail...
Museum Memories
The booming metropolis of Cordova at the turn of the century, complete with an unpaved First Street and wooden boardwalk through town. Not many...
Museum Memories
This picturesque photo of St. George’s Church was taken by Eustace P. Ziegler, priest and architect of this local landmark. On April 10, 1918,...
Museum Memories
Early Cordovan fishing vessels photographed at Parks Crossing on Eyak River. Named for the cannery that existed near the mouth of Eyak River which...
Museum Memories
Trains and boats side by side in Cordova – a common sight during
the ’20s and ’30s. Here the Copper River and Northwestern Railway cars...
Museum Memories
As Alaskans remember the large gold strikes of 100 years ago, Cordovans experienced something of a gold rush in 1913 when a placer strike...
Museum Memories
Winter proved frustrating, hazardous and even deadly for railroad workers building the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. Two days after this photo was taken...
Museum Memories
The Museum receives numerous requests for research of one type or another throughout the year and one we recently filled was regarding the major...
