Judy Ferguson's 
Stories of Delta

Judy Ferguson

Judy Ferguson is a well known writer to many Interior Alaskans. She has written regular columns in Heartland in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner's Heartland magazine for years.  These stories were on-line at the News Miner website, but were lost in a server crash.  Judy has been at some pains to recreate these  again on the web. 

Click here for the list of these stories.

Judy's new book is available now in local stores.  Parallel Destinies is the bigger story of the Alaskan Interior's development. It focuses on the Alaska state park, Rika's Roadhouse. Featuring over one hundred archival photographs, the book cameos the Athabaskan and Yugoslavian cultures intersecting in the development of the great Tanana River valley between 1867-1969. The roadhouse’s builder, John Hajdukovich, was the window through which the Interior's development may be understood.  John was the  law, a trader and the life support system to the Upper Tanana Native.  He was the creator of the Tetlin Reserve and the Interior's most competent big game guide.  Between 1904-1942, this Big Delta roadhouse was the hub of civilization between Fairbanks and the Canadian border.

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editors, Patricia Watts and Dermot Cole, valued the uncommon quality of the book, printed in Belgrade.  The graphics artist, Dragan Miskovic, is one of Belgrade's best and imported from Spain heavy high-gloss paper for the spectacular photographs.
Author Judy Ferguson  has built on the historical, special connection, the mystique between Alaska and the Slavic East. This book portraits the parallel destinies of the Balkans and Alaska, the Last Frontier.

Parallel Destinies sells for $17.75 and can be purchased through Judy Ferguson at 907-895-4101 or outpost@wildak.net.  It is also for sale at Diehls', Granite View, Kelly's Country Inn, Tanana Trading Post.