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Honoring the colors of the American flag are the military personnel stationed at the Mile 13 air base. Note in the background the tail...
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The booming metropolis of Cordova at the turn of the century, complete with an unpaved First Street and wooden boardwalk through town. Not many...
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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,...
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Early Cordovan fishing vessels photographed at Parks Crossing on Eyak River. Named for the cannery that existed near the mouth of Eyak River which...
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Trains and boats side by side in Cordova – a common sight during
the ’20s and ’30s. Here the Copper River and Northwestern Railway cars...
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As Alaskans remember the large gold strikes of 100 years ago, Cordovans experienced something of a gold rush in 1913 when a placer strike...
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Winter proved frustrating, hazardous and even deadly for railroad workers building the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. Two days after this photo was taken...
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The Museum receives numerous requests for research of one type or another throughout the year and one we recently filled was regarding the major...
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In May 1909, Cordova was beginning to really change. According to the Cordova Daily Alaskan, “… Messers, Heney and Hawkins, who arrived yesterday, took...
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Cutting a swath through a winter’s deposit of snow is one of the four rotary snowplows that earned their keep for the Copper River...
