We have been in Talkeetna since Wednesday afternoon. A town of about 900, it was established as a mining and railroad town. We did the self-guided historical walk and most of the log cabins were here in the early 1900's. They are gift shops now. The Fairview Inn was built in 1923 and the RoadHouse built in 1914 has had very little done to it and it is still
A restaurant and lodging. Nagley's Store, the only general store was built in 1917. It is an amazing place and is jam packed to the ceiling, the clerks climb on boxes and counters to get things for the customers.
You had to get here by bush plane or train until 1964 when they put in a road. Now it is where anyone that wants to climb Mount McKinley has to come. The bush pilots fly them into base camp on a glacier 7500 ft up to start the climb. While we were there there were about 200 on the Mountain. We met a couple from Alton Bay, NH staying in the same motel we were in. First New Englanders we have seen.
We have been in Talkeetna since Wednesday afternoon. A town of about 900, it was established as a mining and railroad town. We did the self-guided historical walk and most of the log cabins were here in the early 1900's. They are gift shops now. The Fairview Inn was built in 1923 and the RoadHouse built in 1914 has had very little done to it and it is still
A restaurant and lodging. Nagley's Store, the only general store was built in 1917. It is an amazing place and is jam packed to the ceiling, the clerks climb on boxes and counters to get things for the customers.
You had to get here by bush plane or train until 1964 when they put in a road. Now it is where anyone that wants to climb Mount McKinley has to come. The bush pilots fly them into base camp on a glacier 7500 ft up to start the climb. While we were there there were about 200 on the Mountain. We met a couple from Alton Bay, NH staying in the same motel we were in. First New Englanders we have seen.
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