by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2025 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Last Frontier Days Polar Attraction: A Bear-Watching Trip to Utqiagvik (Polar bear photo by Gosia Nuwer) Review by Hank Nuwer (I’ve spliced together two different published newspaper stories, one from Cordova and one from Randolph County, IN–HN) ...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2025 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography
Last Frontier Day “Aunt Jean”: An Unforgettable Alaskan Artist By Hank Nuwer It was 1980, in northern Colorado, when I chatted with Martha Jean Shadrach for the first time. A contributing writer to Denver Magazine then, I accepted an invitation from Jane, my...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 8, 2025 | Alaska Tales
From Slavery to Freedom to Public Service: The Healy Family By Hank Nuwer First published in Cordova Times Irish immigrant Michael Morris Healy and his lifelong companion Mary Eliza Clark Smith found solace in their Catholic religion and took joy in the...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 27, 2025 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Humor
My wife Gosia and I returned yesterday from a working vacation in Alaska. The mountains wore a majestic white cape of snow. As we drove hairpin turns on the Kenai Peninsula, the Avis rental car belched an ominous warning noise. Gulp, a dashboard icon predicted... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 25, 2025 | Alaska Tales
By Hank Nuwer Uncle Sam’s Signal Corps made great strides between 1900 and 1908 in establishing communications throughout Alaska. The main purpose of the lines was to keep various military command posts in touch with each other. But private citizens made ample use of...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 18, 2025 | Alaska Tales
As I examined old newspaper accounts mentioning pioneer Alaskan Congressional delegate Daniel Alexander (Dan) Sutherland, I noticed one consistent trend. If any bigwigs from the Lower 48 were in sight, Sutherland wanted to fight them. Alaskan voters kept this...
