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Nenana: Local artist Erica Lord, beside a mural she painted on Coghill's Store in Nenana.
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Naturally Colored Fresh Eggs for Sale in Midwinter in Nenana, Alaska
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Nenana: Barge & bridge at a working Alaska river waterfront. Villagers living along the Yukon River towns have their propane shipped to them over the waterways from Nenana.
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Nenana: Sunny St. Mark's Church is open to visitors. Inside, you'll see stained glass windows and Alaska Native art & beadwork on the altar.
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Nenana: Local and Native art & sculptures are available, for sale and viewing, at the Alfred Starr Native Cultural Center.
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Nenana: Native Art -- Moosehide altarcloth with Athabascan beadwork, made by local women, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Nenana.
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Nenana: Native beadwork by Nina Alexander -- Athabascan mukluks.
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Nenana: The Ice Classic is an annual event in which people bet the exact time at which the ice breaks up on the Tanana River in Nenana every spring.
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Nenana: An Alaska salmon fishwheel, under construction on the banks of the Tanana River. Fishwheels catch salmon in a chute, and are still used in Alaska's Interior.
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Nenana: The Iditarod Serum Run of 1925 began in Nenana, where there are still dog mushers. This is an authentic Alaska town.
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Nenana: The Ice Classic clock is attached to a tripod on the Tanana River ice. When the ice breaks up in spring, the closest bets win a monetary prize.
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Nenana: The old log cabins of Alaska were rustic and difficult to build, as winter approached.
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Nenana: The historic Nenana railroad depot is now a local museum. The Alaska Railroad trains still run through Nenana, but don't stop.
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Nenana: An Alaska fishwheel under construction. These river-powered fish traps can be made of bentwood, or boards and tubing. Nets are now made of chickenwire and plastic webbing.
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Nenana: Ice cold welcome to "Tripod Days," the midwinter festival when a tripod is set on the river ice. (Alaskans enjoy making ice sculptures.)
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Nenana: Gold Spike commemorates construction of the Alaska Railroad. The actual spike was driven into the tracks across the Tanana River by Warren G. Harding.
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Nenana: The S.S. Nenana was last of the great Yukon sternwheelers. (It's not actually in Nenana right now, but at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. Yet, it symbolizes the greatness of the little town.)
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Nenana: Salmon drying rack. Salmon is a major source of protein in Athabascan Alaska. Real smoked & dried salmon is rich and red; this is just a display that's been outside for years.
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Nenana: The Log Cabin Visitor Information Center welcomes travelers every summer. Local people staff the center and will talk with you about life in Nenana.
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Nenana: The Taku Chief once traveled the rivers near Nenana, before coming to rest behind the Nenana log visitor center. The statue is one of eight that honors Alaska Native Veterans.
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Nenana: The VIsitor Information Center in Nenana is a helpful stop for tourists.
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Nenana: Genuine Alaska Athabascan Native art, including beadwork and baskets, is available for sale at the Nenana Cultural Center.
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Nenana: A calendar in the city offices features photos of the barges and vessels of Alaska's inland rivers. Nenana is an official U.S. Port, with a port authority.
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Nenana: Native-themed art for sale at the Alfred Starr Nenana Cultural Center.
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Nenana: Locally produced Native Alaska Athabascan art at the Alfred Starr Cultural Center. This building offers one of the few authentic places you can buy Native art in roadside Alaska.
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Nenana: Locally produced Alaska Athabascan Native artwork, including traditional beaded items made of moosehide. This is the Nenana Cultural Center.
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Nenana: Inside the Nenana Cultural Center, local people meet travelers who have come to Alaska.
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Nenana: Stone mask featuring Alaska snow-blindness goggles at Nenana Cultural Center.
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Nenana: A blend of old and new -- modern commercial work gloves decorated with traditional Athabascan Indian Alaska beadwork and fur.
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Nenana: The historic Nenana Railroad Depot & facscimile of the "Golden Spike."
