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February 13, 2012

Tori Tragis

The 1841 Russian blockhouse stands as it appears at daybreak on its new foundation near the University of Alaska Museum of the North. It was the first structure built by the Russian-American Company at Kolmakovsky Redoubt near Aniak. It is one of the oldest Russian-era structures in Alaska. In 1929, the blockhouse was disassembled and moved to Fairbanks where last summer a preservation team completed work on reattaching an updated roof outfitted with tundra sod and tamarack poles. The 1841 Russian blockhouse stands as it appears at daybreak on its new foundation near the University of Alaska Museum of the North. It was the first structure built by the Russian-American Company at Kolmakovsky Redoubt near Aniak. It is one of the oldest Russian-era structures in Alaska. In 1929, the blockhouse was disassembled and moved to Fairbanks where last summer a preservation team completed work on reattaching an updated roof outfitted with tundra sod and tamarack poles.