History, History Articles, Iditarod, KMTA Stories, Lowell Family, Seward The Mary Lowell Homestead. Photo courtesy Resurrection Bay Historical Society, 21.1.4. 04 Oct 2022 Iditarod Trail Pioneer Alfred Lowell Alfred Lowell was born in 1876, the son of Frank and Mary Lowell, who settled on Resurrection Bay in 1884, some 19 years before the founding of Seward in 1903. … Karen Lewis
Big Jim, Clark Fair, Cooper Landing, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Mining History Big Jim's gold nugget & Mercury head dime 06 Jul 2022 More Fun in the Finding than in the Having – Part Three By Clark Fair AUTHOR’S NOTE: Last time, we learned how “Big Jim” O’Brien and “Little Jim” Dunmire came to the Alaska in 1935, made a home near Schooner Bend on… Karen Lewis No Comments
Big Jim, Clark Fair, Cooper Landing, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Little Jim, Mining History Little Jim & Big Jim with furs. 28 Jun 2022 Coming Home & Battling a Bully – Part Two By Clark Fair AUTHOR’S NOTE: Last time, we explored the story behind the name of Jim’s Landing, on the Kenai River just outside of Cooper Landing, and we met James… Karen Lewis No Comments
Big Jim, Clark Fair, Cooper Landing, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Little Jim, Mining History A friend approaching the Jims' home near Schooner Bend. 22 Jun 2022 Coming in for the Landing: An Origin Story – Part One By Clark Fair The name itself receives little attention, but the “Jim’s” in Jim’s Landing is misleading. The apostrophe implies that the landing was named for a single man named… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, Race 10 Jun 2022 Mineshaft Grinder 2022 Is A Go! The 3rd Annual Mineshaft Grinder Is A Go - Join Us on Saturday, August 13th! Come celebrate the mining history of Hope, Alaska by racing up Palmer Creek Road in… Karen Lewis No Comments
Grant Projects, Grants, History, Iditarod, KMTA Communities, Programs & Education Max Romey watches as the sun begins to set in Seward, sharing a glimpse of the watercolor scene he just created. 18 Jan 2022 Trailbound Alaska Documentary Showcases the Historic Iditarod Trail “Trailbound Alaska”, a KMTA grant funded film is finally ready to debut at the Bear Tooth this spring. The documentary is the brainchild of filmmaker Max Romey. In the summer… Karen Lewis No Comments
Hiking, History, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Steve Cleary Photo by Paxson Woelber 16 Nov 2021 National Take A Hike Day is November 17th! National Take a Hike Day Today, we celebrate hiking not generally as our primary transportation, but for recreation and exercise. Since the 1800’s hiking has become more popular as a… Karen Lewis No Comments
Grant Projects, Grants, History, Seward 16 Oct 2021 Children’s Museum Pop-Up Attracts Visitors in Seward The Happy Youth Programs & Educational Resources (HYPER) Children's Museum Pop-Up made its debut this past August. Sponsored by the Seward Prevention Coalition and a KMTA annual grant, the pop-up… Karen Lewis No Comments
Clark Fair, History, History Articles, KMTA Stories 05 Jul 2021 Wible Doesn’t Wobble By Clark Fair Today, the average dump truck hauls about 10 cubic yards of gravel every time it roars out of the pit. Early in the first decade of the… Karen Lewis No Comments
Clark Fair, History, History Articles, KMTA Stories 01 Jun 2021 Named “Mud” No Longer By Clark Fair Every year, thousands of tourists and other travelers stop at Tern Lake, at the junction of the Seward and Sterling highways, to gawk at terns or swans,… Karen Lewis No Comments
History Articles, KMTA Stories, Seward Benny Benson’s original submission for the flag competition. ASL-MS14-1, American Legion, Designs by School Children for Alaska’s Flag, Alaska State Library-Historical Collections. 20 Apr 2021 Benny Benson: An Alaskan Kid Who Made History Before 1927, Alaska did not have a flag. At the time, Alaska was still a territory, meaning that the federal government controlled Alaska and its citizens lacked voting representation in… Karen Lewis No Comments
Grant Projects, Grants, History, Seward 12 Apr 2021 Seward Cable House Restored By Tanguy Libbrecht The “Govt. Cable House” located on 6th Ave is in the original Seward tract where the Ballaine brothers first envisioned that Seward would become a large bustling… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Moose Pass Trail Lake Lodge today. 03 Feb 2021 KMTA Business Spotlight: Trail Lake Lodge in Moose Pass, Alaska By Karen Lewis An unexpected text popped up on Jen Boyle’s phone this past new year. A former guest was sending greetings for the new year and wanted to let… Karen Lewis No Comments
Grant Projects, History, Moose Pass 29 Jan 2021 The Frontier History of Moose Pass, Alaska By Willow Hetrick The community of Moose Pass is proud to announce the completion of a new book titled: People, Paths, and Places: The Frontier History of Moose Pass, Alaska.… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Lowell Family, Seward The Mary Lowell Homestead. Photo courtesy Resurrection Bay Historical Society, 21.1.4. 28 Jan 2021 Mary Lowell: A Link Between Cultures By Deanna Ochs One might wonder why, until recently, there were no peaks named after her. After all, two of the tallest peaks presiding over the city of Seward, Alaska,… Karen Lewis No Comments
Alaska Nellie, Grandview, Helen Hegener, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Seward Alaska Nellie 20 Jan 2021 Alaska Nellie By Helen Hegener “There were possibilities of an extensive business at this place for at least three years, as I saw it, and now I would be needing a dog… Karen Lewis No Comments
Clark Fair, History, History Articles, Hope, KMTA Stories, Moose Pass Harry A. Johnson (far right) with a party of hunters, 1904. 14 Jan 2021 Harry Johnson: Man of the Mountains By Clark Fair By the time Harry A. Johnson heard the handcar moving toward him down the rails, he had walked 15 of the 20 miles to Seward from his… Karen Lewis No Comments
Hiking, History, History Articles, KMTA Stories, Manitoba, Shawn Lyons Looking at the Manitoba ski area lodge and further south across the Mills Creek drainage (Virginia Schuster) 31 Dec 2020 History of the Manitoba Mountain Ski Area by Shawn R. Lyons All winter long and well into the spring, backcountry skiers from Palmer and Anchorage to Seward and Homer make the pilgrimage to Manitoba Mountain. Regardless of… Karen Lewis No Comments
Hiking, History, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Moose Pass, Shawn Lyons Looking up to the headwaters of Falls Creek 09 Nov 2020 Solars Mountain on the Kenai Peninsula By Shawn R. Lyons We only had to cross the 15-foot wide stream and climb up through 100 yards of brush to reach the open rock field leading up into… Karen Lewis No Comments
Girdwood, Grant Projects, History, KMTA Communities The Girdwood Community Mural acknowledges the Dena'ina people: Thank you Dena'ina for letting us walk on your land. 05 Nov 2020 “Thank you Dena’ina people for letting us walk on your land” Girdwood Mural Installed this Summer Dena'ina qut'ana chiqinik, chin'an gheli gu yeh Dena'ina ełnen'aq' łuh ch'nidatl' ghu “Thank you Dena’ina people for letting us walk on your land” This past summer a KMTA Mini Grants… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, History Articles, KMTA Stories, Manitoba, Shawn Lyons View from the door of Manitoba Cabin with the Lauritsen Cabin on the near right. 07 Oct 2020 Haunting History of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula By Shawn R. Lyons Though one can’t see them, one can sense the ghosts around Manitoba Cabin. One can sometimes feel them pausing to scratch in the soil with a… Karen Lewis No Comments
Grant Projects, Grants, History, Iditarod, KMTA Communities, Programs & Education Max Romey watches as the sun begins to set in Seward, sharing a glimpse of the watercolor scene he just created. 03 Sep 2020 Trailbound Alaska Sets Off to Retrace the Iditarod National Historic Trail This summer, Trailbound Alaska, a grassroots film project, set off to retrace the Iditarod National Historic Trail with a pair of running shoes and a sketchbook. Trailbound Alaska’s first short… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, KMTA Stories 02 Sep 2020 Tell Us Your Stories? – Heritage @ Home KMTA National Heritage Area is seeking stories from the people that live, work and play in the KMTA area. We are interested in learning more about the local history of… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Seward, Sylvia Sexton A northward view of Fourth Avenue in Seward, Alaska in the early 1900s. (SCLA 1-216) 28 Aug 2020 Happy Birthday Seward, Alaska! Happy Birthday! Happy 117th Birthday Seward, Alaska! August 28th, 1903 is the official birthday of the city of Seward when John Ballaine and 82 other pioneers arrived in Resurrection Bay… Karen Lewis No Comments
Dan Walker, History, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Seward, Turnagain Arm Late Night Trail Running on Mt. Tiehacker near Seward, Alaska by Nelson Brown (Entry into the KMTA Photo Contest 2020) 25 Aug 2020 The Persistence of Nature’s Wild Side By Dan Walker Anyone who drives the Seward Highway and enters the mountains west of Portage gets the sense that they are driving into the wilderness. The forests reach down… Karen Lewis No Comments
David Reamer, History, History Articles, KMTA Stories, Turnagain Arm The Bore Tide of Turnagain Arm Circa 1930s-1950s. Photo courtesy of the Marie Silverman papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. (HMC-0778:) 03 Jun 2020 The Power of Turnagain Arm By David Reamer The Turnagain Arm’s appearance is deceptive. The water appears safe, or as safe as any other waterway. The bordering land appears solid. At low tide, the Arm… Karen Lewis No Comments
Asian-American, History, History Articles, KMTA Communities, KMTA Stories, Mushing, Seward Jujiro Wada with other marathon racers. (Courtesy of Jujiro Wada Memorial Association, Japan) 19 May 2020 The Samurai Musher Jujiro Wada By Lia Slemons “This is my country, Frank. I hope to live and die here.” Jujiro Wada’s friend, Frank Cotter, recorded this sentiment during the historic scouting trip he, Wada,… Karen Lewis No Comments
Becky Butler, History Articles, KMTA Stories, Seward, Sylvia Sexton 01 Mar 2020 Sylvia Sexton, Business Woman of the Early 20th Century and Prominent Alaskan Photographer By Becky Butler Despite being a transplant, Sylvia Sexton's life in Alaska proved her to be an industrious, creative, and adventurous woman who embodied the Alaskan pioneer spirit. Sylvia is… Karen Lewis No Comments
History, History Articles 13 Feb 2020 KMTA National Heritage Area’s Timeline is Now Live! The KMTA National Heritage Area's Historical Timeline is now live on our website! It is full of historical photos and dates relevant to the KMTA area. If you think there… Karen Lewis No Comments
Clark Fair, Hiking, History, History Articles, KMTA Stories, Moose Pass, Seward The author and his brother rest at the top of LV Ray Peak in 1997. 07 Feb 2020 The Naming of A Peak LV Ray Peak Near Moose Pass By Clark Fair Hikers climbing the Carter Lake Trail near the Trail Lake Fish Hatchery will notice the dark grey, pyramidal summit of… Karen Lewis No Comments
Cooper Landing, Grant Projects, Grants, History, Programs & Education 15 Jun 2019 Cooper Landing Youth Discover the Past As a child Kristine Route used to climb on each of her grandmothers’ laps and ask them to tell her stories. “I used to listen intently to everything they had… Karen Lewis
