Crow Creek Mine Girdwood, Alaska

Mailing Address

PO Box 113
Girdwood, AK 99587

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Mile 3.2 Crow Creek Road
Girdwood, AK 99587

Phone: 907-278-8061

Directions

about 45 miles south of Anchorage

Museum Hours

9-6 seven days a week, May 15-Sept 15

Admissions

$ 3.00 plus $5.00 for goldpaning (equipment included)Overnight camping. No electricty, city water. Basic camping.

Description

Built in 1898, the mess hall, blacksmith's shop, bunkhouse, barn, ice house and meat cache made up the original camp. The Toohey family has spent 35 years living and working at Crow Creek Mine with no electricity, telephone or running water, to preserve a significant part of Anchorage's historic past.

Staff

Cynthia D Toohey, President
Phone: 907-278-8061
Email:


Museum Type

History
Historic House
Historical Society

Governance

Type: National Historic Site, eight of the origional buildings open to the public. All furnishings are origional from the goldmining days, 1898


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