Koochiching Museums

After getting ashore and getting the outboard motors cleaned of sand and the evening meal, they wondered what challenges were to come. The next morning the boys decided it would be a good idea to take the skiff and a pike pole and run ahead to sound out the channel. When they returned a few hours later they reported arriving at an Indian fish camp and meeting the owner Mathew Titus. Wesley said the fish camp was about three miles from the Chena River and that they were abo

One look at the swift Tanana River and Violet wished they had not thought they could get boats up against the treacherous current, but there was no turning back. After several failed attempts, son Wesley finally breached the Nenana Bridge and they camped three miles above it. It was on a Sunday, August 17th, when they left the campsite, all went well and just before dark they pulled the barge to the bank, tied up for the night and cooked a meal over an open fire. The older bo