Mission HillThis area of Tanana was once a thriving little mission outreach center for the Episcopal Church. Sitting up on a bluff overlooking the convergence of the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, the Mission is now abandoned, but still used as a burial ground.
The church is on the National Historic register, but funds to save the building is hard to come by. The monies that are needed to save this building would run into the millions, due to its isolated location. Materials and equipment would have to be barged in during the short summer season of Alaska, making the cost of repair extremely high.
My mother went to the school that was held here back in the early 1940s. Gardens were planted around the church to help support itself and the children that were left there as orphans. For the village of Tanana, Mission Hill holds a dear place in our hearts as the final resting place for our dead.
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Tamira... sounds like your project will involve some travel... Consider checking out the Foxfire books for some insight/inspiration to formulate your questions. Those books started out as a one volume "class project" and were such a success that they continued interviewing different people and ended up publishing eight volumes!....SueAnn
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