Longtime readers and followers of my work may remember my Alaskan History Magazine, a full color bimonthly publication which featured stories of the history of Alaska. Between 2019 and 2021 I published 14 issues, but when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, sales abruptly ceased, and there seemed to be no recourse but to stop producing the magazine.

I have thought about that decision a lot in the past few years, wondering what I might have done differently, and questioning the idea of re-starting the magazine which I loved producing.

The answers to my questions, carefully considered over the past few weeks and months, have slowly convinced me to pick up the mantle and continue the magazine, albeit with some significant changes.

Among those changes will be single issue only sales, no subscriptions, but every issue will remain available, and the first new issue will be available in mid-January.

Changes from the original magazine include a b/w interior instead of color, 6” x 9” format instead of 8.5” x 11,” and the page count may vary between 48 and 64, depending on content. Issues will be identified by volume and number, but not dated, as history is timeless. I’ve built a new website for Alaskan History Magazine, where all of the original issues are still available in both print and digital editions, and new issues will be added as they are published.

I will be honoring all of the subscriptions which were left hanging when I stopped publication, and if you were a subscriber I will be contacting you when I publish the first new issue in a few days. If you don’t hear from me, or if your email address has changed in the interim, or if you have questions or comments, please contact me at helenhegener@helenehegener

Volume 4, Number 1

In this issue: The History of Tanana • The Knik News • Pioneer Photographer P. S. Hunt • Searching for the Ohio Roadhouse • The Last Visit of Will Rogers and Wiley Post • The Alaska Central Railroad

$12.00