Tag: Copper River and Northwestern Railway

All Aboard! In this photo from the Cordova Historical Society collection a Copper River and Northwestern Railway engine and cars await passengers ready to...

This picturesque photo of St. George’s Church was taken by Eustace P. Ziegler, priest and architect of this local landmark. On April 10, 1918,...

Trains and boats side by side in Cordova – a common sight during the ’20s and ’30s. Here the Copper River and Northwestern Railway cars...

While the fate of the Cordova House remains uncertain, the demise of another local landmark is complete.  Wilson Construction made short order of the...

Winter proved frustrating, hazardous and even deadly for railroad workers building the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. Two days after this photo was taken...

Cutting a swath through a winter’s deposit of snow is one of the four rotary snowplows that earned their keep for the Copper River...

Hardly a day goes by that Cordovans don’t glance across Orca Inlet to view Hawkins Island.  Snow will soon touch its rounded tops, a...

Cordovans have, for many years, been traveling “out-the-road.” It’s just the mode of transportation that’s changed! This lovely young couple seems to be heading...