The stories of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
13 narrated audio stories from across Southeast Fairbanks Census Area — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Big Delta
Where the Roads Found Each Other
Big Delta’s story as Alaska’s Interior crossroads.
Big Delta
Where the Roads Had to Meet
Big Delta’s long life as a crossing, stopover, and highway hinge.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
How Katie John Carried Batzulnetas Into Alaska Law
A fish camp, an elder, and the case that changed subsistence fishing.
Rika's Roadhouse
Where the Trail Stopped at Big Delta
How Sigrid Rika turned a river crossing into a legendary stop.
Rika's Roadhouse
Where the Trail Had to Stop
At Big Delta, a river crossing turned a roadhouse into frontier lifeline.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
How a Vast Alaska Landscape Was Finally Drawn In
A story of political choices shaping America’s biggest national park unit.
Mentasta Lake
Where the Road Arrived, Tradition Stayed
In Mentasta Lake, change came by road, but culture held fast.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Where a Monument Became a Giant
How law, conflict, and landscape made America’s largest park unit.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Where the Alaska Highway Ends
A wartime road, a northern marker, and the meaning of an ending.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Where Alaska Turns to Ice
How protection made room for one of North America’s great ice landscapes.
Alaska Highway terminus
Where the Alaska Highway Officially Ends
A wartime road ends in a quiet Alaska photo stop.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Where a Fish Camp Changed Alaska Law
How Katie John turned a family fish camp into a landmark subsistence-rights case.
Mentasta Lake
Where the Road Arrived, Tradition Stayed
An Ahtna village where road access changed settlement, not the center of life.
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