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Operated by Beautiful view of the Wrangell Mountains the Copper Valley Historical Society, the from a short interpretive trail behind the To Valdez 4 museum is open daily Monday–Saturday 10 center. a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1–5 p.m., June 1– The Visitor Center is open daily, 9 a.m. Museum Labor Day weekend, in summer; season and to 6 p.m., from early May through Septem- Milepost hours may vary. Early Russian religious arti- ber, and on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during pipeline construction, this area has a V 100.2 Alaska River Wrangellers cles, Athabascan baskets, telegraph equip- October and April. It is closed November church, private homes and Glennallen fire Klutina River ment and minerals, copper and gold mining through March. Phone (907) 822-5234; web- station. Bike path ends northbound. To Valdez memorabilia, and trapping articles from site www.nps.gov/wrst/index.htm. Winter Highway climbs Simpson Hill north- Historic Copper Center garage in downtown Copper Center. (©David L. Ranta, staff) early-day Copper Valley are on display. Gift travelers are welcomed in winter months at bound; views to east of Wrangell Mountains. Copper Center • Loop Richa RD son h ighway shop with locally made items. Free admis- the Administration Building nearby, week- Mount Drum dominates the skyline to east sion, but donations are appreciated! Infor- days 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in clear weather. settlement in this area. The Trail of ’98 from Valdez over and lodging at the Copper River Princess mation boards outside the museum reveal Also stop by the Ahtna Cultural Center, V 112.3 F 249.7 Steep downgrade south- copper center HPLw the glaciers came down from the mountains and joined Wilderness Lodge (access via side road west local history. located in the visitor center complex. It is bound to . V 100.2 F 261.8 Loca- here with the Eagle Trail to Forty Mile and Dawson. 300 from Milepost V 101.6 and at Old Town For a good viewpoint of Copper Center, open daily in summer. The center has a big V 112.6 F 249.4 The Simpson Hill over- ted on the Old Richardson miners, destitute and lonely, spent the winter here. Many Copper Center Inn & Restaurant (formerly the Klutina River and the Wrangell Moun- fish wheel and log cache on display outside look has a long paved parking area east Highway; 105 miles north suffered with scurvy and died. Soon after the turn of the Copper Center Lodge; see description in fol- tains, drive up the hill to the Copper River and indoor displays of Native history and side of highway. A wide, paved access road of Valdez via the Richard- century, the Washington–Alaska Military Cable and Tele- lowing paragraph). A grocery, gas & liquor Princess Wilderness Lodge. The view from culture. leads south to large paved turnaround area son Highway; 200 miles graph System, known as WAMCATS, the forerunner of the store is open daily; unleaded gas, propane the observation point in front of the lodge V 109.2 F 252.8 Long downhill north- and excellent viewpoint. On a clear day, from Anchorage. Popula- Alaska communications system, operated telegraph ser- available. The nearest public campground is offers fine views on a clear day of the sur- bound. the Wrangell Mountains are in view. Sign tion: 315, unincorpo- vice here between Valdez and Fairbanks.” Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site, located rounding area and mountains. V 110 F 252 Tazlina DOT station and at viewpoint with an identification dia- rated. Emergency A post office was established here in on the Richardson Highway at Milepost V Copper Center is located on the Klutina Dept. of Natural Resources office. Report gram of the Wrangell Mountains: Mount Services: Dial 911. Eleva- 1901, the same year as the telegraph station. 79.4. Try local fishing charter services in River, 1 mile from its confluence with the forest fires here or phone (907) 822-5534. Sanford (elev. 16,237 feet); Mount Drum tion: 1,000 feet. Copper Center became the principal settle- Copper Center for campsites as well. Copper River. Fishing charters, tackle, river- Begin long uphill southbound. (elev. 12,010 feet); Mount Wrangell (elev. Private Aircraft: Copper Center NR 2 air- ment and supply center in the Nelchina– The landmark Copper Center Lodge, boat service, jet-boat adventure tours, hunt- V 110.6 F 251.4 Rest area to east at south 14,163 feet); and Mount Blackburn (elev. strip, 1 S; elev. 1,150 feet; length 2,200 feet; Susitna region. located on the inner loop road, burned ing and fishing guides are available locally end of Tazlina River bridge; large paved 16,390 feet). From Glennallen, it appears as gravel; unattended. Copper Center was first called Kluti-Kaah down on May 20, 2012. Built in 1932, like Alaska River Wrangellers. There is a parking area, handicap accessible toilets if Mount Drum is the tallest peak, but it is A historical marker at Milepost V 101.9 by the Ahtna Native people. Visit the Ahtna Copper Center Lodge had its beginning as short trail to the Klutina behind the George and picnic shelters, dumpster. CAUTION: 4,000 feet shorter than Mount Sanford. Old Richardson Highway reads: Cultural Center at Milepost V 106.6 to learn the Holman Hotel, and was known as the I. Ashby Memorial Museum; ask permission Riverbank may be hazardous during high water. Visitor information for Wrangell–St. Elias “Founded in 1896 as a government agriculture more about Ahtna history. Blix Roadhouse during the gold rush days of at the Old Town Copper Center Inn. The Watch for hazard signs and barricades. National Park is available at Milepost V experiment station, Copper Center was the first white Copper Center has a post office. Dining 1897–98. It was the first lodging place in the Klutina River is popular for its red (sockeye) c 106.6 Richardson Highway. salmon run from June to early August, and V 110.8 F 251.2 Tazlina River bridge. V 115 F 247 Junction of Richardson and its king salmon run, which peaks in mid- Tazlina is Athabascan for “swift water.” The Glenn highways. The Hub of Alaska and coppER cEnTER aDVERTisERs July. Check current fishing regulations. river flows east from Tazlina Glacier into the Copper Valley Visitor Information are t Copper River. Fishing for reds, rainbow trout located at the northwest corner of the inter- Alaska River Wrangellers...... Ph. 1-888-822-3967 A favorite photo subject is the Copper and burbot (no bait, single hook only except section; 24-hour gas and diesel, convenience Copper River Princess Center City Hall, an old outhouse located for burbot sets). t grocery, pay phone, food trucks in summer. Wilderness Lodge...... Ph. 1-800-426-0500 next to Jean Rene’ Studio Gallery near the The Copper Valley visitor information center post office. Businessman Bill Wyatt of V 110.9 F 251.1 School Road once led is a large facility with friendly staff, many Valdez tacked the sign on this structure to a Catholic boarding school attended by exhibits (including a full-sized bear mount), years ago as a joke, and owners Bob and many who live in the TAZLINA (pop. 260) a telephone and gift shop. Open 9 a.m. to 7 Jeanie Sunder let it stay. Photographers area. There is no sign of the school remain- p.m. Local hiking trails, fishing and other per- should respectfully avoid parking in or ing. tinent information found here. Next gas is 55 blocking the Sunders private drive. Begin 0.8 mile bike path northbound. miles north at Milepost V 170. The first church in the Copper River V 111 F 251 Tazlina River Trading Post A 1 Brenwick Craig Road | Copper Center, AK 99573 region, the Chapel on the Hill, was built to east; groceries, liquor and gas, hardware, The Hub of Alaska. See display ad on here in 1942 by Vince Joy and U.S. Army sporting goods, hunting and fishing licenses. page 313 in the GLENN HIGHWAY section. ® volunteers stationed in the area. Mr. Joy Readers of The MILEPOST® have commented Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge built other churches and a Bible college in that this store has an amazing variety and Located at the junction of the Klutina and Copper Rivers, the area over the years. The log Chapel on selection of items. (907) 822-3277. the Hill was disassembled in 2010–2011 and P spectacular mountain views and scenery await you. reassembled on private property visible from Tazlina River Trading Post. See dis- the road. Please do not trespass on private play ad this page. 800.426.0050 • princesslodges.com property. V 111.6 F 250.4 Robert Marshall Building to east. Copper River • Denali • Fairbanks • Kenai • Mt. McKinley Return to Milepost V 100.2 or V 111.7 F 250.3 Paved turnout before V 106.1 Richardson Highway Copperville Road to east. Developed during 436 n The MILEPOST® n 2018 www.themilepost.com www.themilepost.com 2018 n The MILEPOST®

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Advertising Rates – Gross 4-Color Gross Rates • Gatefold front cover (3 panels) ...... contact your sales rep for availability B/W 2-color 4-color • Inside front cover, full page, 4-color only ...... $16,120 Full page (30 inches) $5,030 $5,670 $6,900 • First 2-page spread, 4-color only ...... 19,930 2/3 page (20 inches) 3,700 4,110 5,010 • First full page, 4-color only ...... 10,870 1/2 page (15 inches) 2,780 3,300 4,010 • Inside back cover, full page, 4-color only ...... 14,450 1/3 page (10 inches) 1,840 2,250 2,750 • Outside back cover, full page, 4-color only ...... 17,470 1 • Two page spread, 4-color ...... 12,200 1/4 page (7 ⁄2 inches) 1,410 1,740 2,140 • “Plan-A-Trip” Map ...... 17,470 1/5 page (6 inches) 1,200 1,420 1,740 1/6 page (5 inches) 1,000 1,240 1,490 10% Discount* with pre-paid order 4 inches 830 1,010 1,240 • Gatefold front cover (3 panels) ...... contact your sales rep for availability 3 inches 630 820 1,060 • Inside front cover, full page, 4-color only...... $14,508 2 inches 470 650 900 • First 2-page spread, 4-color only ...... 17,937 1 inch 370 N/A N/A • First full page, 4-color only ...... 9,783 Advertising Rates – 10% Discount • Inside back cover, full page, 4-color only ...... 13,005 with pre-paid order* • Outside back cover, full page, 4-color only...... 15,723 • Two page spread, 4-color ...... 10,980 B/W 2-color 4-color • “Plan-A-Trip” Map ...... 15,723 Full page (30 inches) $4,527 $5,103 $6,210 2/3 page (20 inches) 3,330 3,699 4,509 1/2 page (15 inches) 2,502 2,970 3,609 log ads 1/3 page (10 inches) 1,656 2,025 2,475 A log ad is a written description of your business that we insert into the 1 1/4 page (7 ⁄2 inches) 1,269 1,566 1,926 editorial copy of The MILEPOST®. If your business is situated along the 1/5 page (6 inches) 1,080 1,278 1,566 highway, we will insert your log ad in the highway log at your location. If you are in town, we will put your log ad under Lodging & Services, Camping, 1/6 page (5 inches) 900 1,116 1,341 Attractions, or whatever category is appropriate and available. Your log ad 4 inches 747 909 1,116 must begin with the name of your business. We’ll put in your mileage if you 3 inches 567 738 954 are on the highway (no charge for this). Each word counts as one (including if, 2 inches 423 585 810 and, a or but and business name); hyphenated words and telephone and fax 1 inch 333 N/A N/A numbers, email and web addresses count as one word, as do street numbers. Log ads are identified by the copy “[ADVERTISEMENT],” which appears at the end of each advertiser’s copy (no charge for this). Display ads are referenced in *Discounts log ad at no cost to advertiser. When paying in full with check, money order or credit 50 word minimum...... $5.50/per word card at time of order a 10 percent discount on space 1” B/W photo...... $250 cost as quoted is given. Payment must accompany order to qualify for discount. No exceptions! Discount applies to 1-1/2” B/W photo...... $325 print display and log ads only. 1-1/2” Color photo**...... $515 Commissions **Color photo is available only to advertisers with 3 or more inches of display ad space. 15% of gross billing is allowed to recognized advertising NOTE: Photo space is restricted to use of photos of business only, no artwork, drawings, agencies on space, color, bleed and position when digital etc. Log ads are treated as text and subject to column breaks and editorial style rules. file is provided. Advertorials are non-commissionable. See Print Ad Requirements. production charges (Print) Change After Confirmation We require the advertiser to proof their display ad con- NOTE: Discounts do not apply to production charges. If the publisher provides produc- firmation copy thoroughly. Please let us know if we have tion services for ads, the charges are as follows: made any errors. If an advertiser desires to make a change Ad set-up charge other than a publisher’s error then the production charges 1” to 5” ads...... $45 1 listed to the right may apply. Confirmation copies will not 5 ⁄2” to 14” ads...... $60 be sent for customer supplied ads or for repeat ads from 1/2 page to full page ads...... $85 previous year. Simple changes ...... $35 Inserts (1 to 3 lines added or changed on existing digital ads) Bound-in reply cards and either bound-in or tipped-in Additional charges inserts are accepted. Price quotes available upon request. B/W photo, logo, art or map scanned...... $15 Reply cards and inserts must be accompanied by at least Build a new map...... $55 one full-page 4-color ad. Full color image scanned...... $25

The MILEPOST® • 2019 Edition • No. 71 5 Print Ad Requirements The publisher will output client’s work with a line screen of 150 (example Helvetica Bold Italic) use that specific font rather than lpi. You assume all responsibility for files that don’t output cor- using the style menu to assign these attributes. Using the style rectly due to errors or omissions in specifications. menu may cause changes in spacing and copy flow. Files requiring correction will be sent back to creator or if desired Graphics: Scanned images or digital photos must be of high fixed by publisher, at a rate of $90.00 U.S. per hour. quality 300dpi saved as TIFF, JPEG, PSD or EPS. When original graphics or scans are created and placed in pagination files, such Acceptable Platform & Software: Files may be as InDesign™, the program links the document to the graphic file produced on the Macintosh or PC platform using InDesign™ (pre- in the location it was originally created, so a document will look ferred), Quark Xpress™, Illustrator™ or PhotoShop™. Press quality for the graphic folder on the disk. Include all graphic support PDF, EPS or TIFF files are also acceptable. files that are placed. Size and crop graphic files in their original Note: Microsoft Publisher, Word or similar files are not acceptable. application before placing them into the pagination file. Avoid FTP/E-mail: Please feel free to e-mail your files to us. Stuff or zip sizing graphics after placement to produce a better quality image all files into one document and send it as an attachment to and reduce the chance of error. Avoid nesting of EPS files (that [email protected]. The attachment will be stripped and is an EPS placed in a file, art added to the file and then exported dropped onto our ftp site. as EPS again, and placed in the page layout). Bitmapped line art should be saved at 1200 dpi in final size. If your file is too large to email, drop it into the incoming folder on our ftp site (FTP application such as Fetch or Transmit must be used. Colors: RGB (Red, Green, Blue) is for color rendition on your Web browser will not work with our ftp site): monitor only. These colors should never be used in page make- Address: ftp.themilepost.com up. CMYK colors must be set to output as Process Separation in User: milepost the Edit Color menu. All spot color ads must be process screen Password: guest builds (CMYK). Please send an email to [email protected] if you have Sizing Information: Ads must be submitted at the exact size the dropped something onto our ftp site. Please be specific with your ad is to run in the book per the following dimensions: email comments and file naming, so we know who, what and where the file belongs. When naming your files do not use any Inches Picas 1 1 spaces or symbols other than an underscore and keep the names Type page size 7 /3 x 10 /16 44 x 60p5 3 7 at or under 14 characters (e.g. Alaska_BB.zip). Trim size 8 /8 x 10 /8 50p3 x 65p10.2 5 1 Please be aware of the following requirements & limitations Bleed size 8 /8 x 11 /8 51p9 x 66p9 of imagesetting output. 1-column width 2.33 14 Fonts and Text: Include all your versions, with a complete list of 2-column width 4.83 29 all fonts used to create your document, to ensure complete com- 3-column width 7.33 44 patibility. When creating text with several different font attributes

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The MILEPOST® Sales Team Lynn Owen Judy Nadon Melissa Bradley Kelley Barker Milton Barker P.O. Box 232223 Box 10288 301 Arctic Slope Avenue P.O. Box 2469 P.O. Box 2469 Anchorage, AK 99523 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 7A1 Suite 100 Palmer, AK 99645 Palmer, AK 99645 Phone (907) 344-0005 Phone (604) 789-8828 Anchorage, AK 99518 Phone (907) 707-1260 Phone (907) 707-1260 Fax (907) 344-8333 [email protected] Phone (907) 275-2152 Cell (907) 982-6009 Cell (907) 841-5556 [email protected] Cell (907) 317-1114 [email protected] [email protected] Yukon, Northwest Territories, [email protected] Fairbanks and North Pole, British Columbia and Alberta Anchorage, Girdwood, Kenai Peninsula, Halibut Steese, Elliott and Dalton Southeast Alaska Whittier, Eagle River, Mat-Su, Cove, Seldovia and Kodiak highways , Prince William Sound–Cordova–Valdez

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