In 1901, Captain E. T. Barnette pushed a cargo-laden stern-wheeler ten miles up central Alaska’s Chena River, halted when the waters became too shallow, and established a trading post from which, with ...
Although Fairbanks was not a Native village, Athabaskans were in the area of the Tanana Valley. Nearby Native villages in the early days included Salchaket Village, Chena Village, Wood River Village ...