D-Lry and Compary o Lumber

There was one problem: many o{ the cabins and buildings had been built with rough, unhewn logs from nearby woods in the city's early years. Yet, each structure had to be restored with exactly the same size, shape, color and type of lumber used in the original structure. New roofs and floors had to be installed on some of the cabins, rotten base logs and doors were added to others, and doors and roof poles had to be replaced in others. Some of the early occupants had sawed o{f the colorful overhanging roofs in the front of the cabins to use for {irewood during the cold winters.

Much of the lumber originally used was birch and spruce, readily available in in' terior Alaska.

The goal was to retain the authenticity and early flavor. And with the help of Alaskan lumber dealers and distributors, the task was completed.

Gates of the exposition opened May 27 and will close September 30.