Stayed a few days in Fairbanks. Didn’t come across any “finds” there. The Aviation museum in Alaskaland [that’s the name of the place, I kid you not] was great. They are restoring small aircraft that have been instrumental settling and working in Interior Alaska. The Women’s Pioneers of Alaska have a nice little museum there as well, showing artifacts from early Alaska life.
South of Fairbanks is the little riverside town of Nenana represented a slow pace of life. The only coffee shop had closed so I had to get coffee from the local bar. Interesting array of characters in there in the middle of the afternoon. The Alaska Railroad Depot also housed a small RR museum. Memorabilia from the local area that pertained to ARR was displayed in glass cases, along with the glass from adjacent poles. Many different colors and styles where shown. Some I recognized as being old. On the way out we discovered three plastic milk crates filled with
Trapper Creek is
not a place that makes national news, but if you get a chance to swing
by the Trapper Creek Museum, I can guarantee you a VERY interesting 
insulator
collection to look at. Arranged with other articles and displays
of the roaring times of Trapper Creek Alaska are some beautiful colors
and styles, some rare, some well known. There is even a sale table
with prices that seem appropriate to the piece of glass. On the walls
where mounted photos that depicted historic events as well as local shakers
and movers. The one I thought most interesting was a photo from around
the turn of the
two
of the phones. Note the dial on the single boxer. Does anyone
know if that was part of the regular equipment or an 
aftermarket
update? The Trapper Creek Museum is about one mile from the town
intersection down Petersville Road.
