The New Yorker, July 11, 1977 P. 30
REPORTER AT LARGE about the upper Yukon region of Alaska and the bush community of Eagle. It is said to be the best-looking town in Alaska. Describes its beautiful setting on the Yukon River. The city's budget this year is $37000. Eagle was the first incorporated city in interior Alaska, made so by Theodore Roosevelt. Eagle much resembles itself in say, 1905. Tells about the town at the turn of the century. The Army established Fort Egbert. Tells about recent efforts to preserve & restore the fort, making Eage into a far-northern Williamsburg. Writer tells about visiting with a number of local people and tells what their views were on various aspects of Alaskan life. He speaks with a number of Indians from the Eagle Indian Village.
