Artifacts removed from historic building threatened by erosion

Delta Historical Society President Maureen Gardner watches the Tanana River, which is eroding its bank and threatening the old Telegraph Station living quarters. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)
Volunteers with Alaska 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 promp