Museum Memories
The Red Dragon, designed as a multipurpose mission center, might be one of Cordova’s most historic properties. The Reverend E. P. Newton, as he...
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...
Museum Memories
This week, we are leaving the Red Dragon Historic District and wandering further up the hill past the Ilanka Health Center and Cordova Electric...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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,...
