Have you ever driven the Alcan — or just wished you could? The 1,520-mile road through Canada and Alaska is a magnet for adventurous travelers. There are some hardships: rough pavement, dust, mud, and ...

Salmenpera is in no rush to tell us everything about his central subject, Hese Tolonen, preferring to allow the man’s motivations to roll out in fits and starts, in much the way that Tolonen’s 1950 ...

First called the “Defense Highway to Alaska” and then the “AlCan Highway,” today it’s called the Alaska Highway. Originally 1,800 miles long, it’s been shortened to less than 1,500, but as it always ...

A section of the Alaska Highway in British Columbia near the Yukon border has reopened to one lane of traffic after the road was washed out by flooding on Friday, Canadian authorities said. A portion ...

Editor’s Note: The Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, TTU Libraries. This week’s Caprock Chronicles is written by John McCullough, author and aviation historian of ...

In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed from St. Charles, Missouri, for a two-year exploration of America, inaugurating a grand American tradition that has persisted to this day — the ...

Joe Adrian animatedly shares recollections of his father's military service -- a unique period that included participation in the construction of the Alaska Highway and the creation of maps for Gen.

Update, 3 p.m. Monday: The portion of the Alaska Highway that closed when the road was washed out has reopened with a one-lane detour. The story has been updated here. The Alaska Highway remained ...