A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

The logical choice would have been Seward, but the government instead chose a muddy site along Ship Creek in what is now downtown Anchorage. U.S. Army Col. Frederick Mears worked as an engineer on the ...

Similarly, alternative access to the Ship Creek railroad/harbor area should mitigate the need for large trucks traveling through mid-downtown areas. Given acknowledged decline in Anchorage growth ...