by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Philip Kabel of Randolph County penned occasional pieces on Randolph County history for the Union City paper. One such story, addressed the hideous March 22, 1824, murders of peaceful Native Americans by white settlers on Fall Creek hunting grounds in Madison County....
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hank Nuwer plays the villain who (spoiler) dies in the end in the University of Alaska’s black-humor comedy titled Something in the Living Room. Photo: Nuwer as the assassin called The Professor. Link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/881023883711532...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Edith Mae Grinstead was born Dec. 21, 1896, in Tipton to high school custodian John Franklin Grinstead and his wife Mary. At 17, she married farmer Walter W. Kritsch in 1914. One of Walter’s best friends was William Ray Dawson. Dawson was born July 21, 1893. William...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
A trick knee limited me to treadmill and indoor walks this winter. But as March temperatures in Fairbanks finally hit a walkable 30 degrees, I’m itching to hit the trails and parks here in Alaska’s Interior. One of my favorite parks in the world is Harter Park in...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why are total eclipses so rare? A viewer needs to perch where the Sun, new Moon and Earth are in a straight line. Wife Gosia and I are bummed that we latter-day Alaskans won’t be in geographical position to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse. Nonetheless, I...
