Volunteers remove artifacts from historic building threatened by riverbank erosion

Volunteers with State Parks and the Delta Historical Society have removed artifacts from a 110-year-old building at Big Delta State Historical Park. The agencies had planned to wait, to see if the Tanana River washed away more of the riverbank on which the building sits. But Sunday’s move was prompted by concerns over erosion accelerated by recent rains.Delta Historical Society President Maureen Gardner said members of the organization and State Parks officials agreed to remove artifacts f