[Mike Darancette]

Maybe the wild west wasn't so wild!

Hey, if you made it big at the diggings you sure wouldn't want to eat bad food on a dirt floor.

[RightWhale]

Fairbanks was founded about 100 years ago. In spite of being in the middle of nowhere, it had as much of the amenities of civilization as could be shipped in. Many of the objects, antiques now, are still in use in many new and rustically luxurious tourist hotels. It's a little odd to walk into a new, probably unfinished [like most Fairbanks houses] bed and breakfast that is really a hotel and find all the furnishings and decorations are old pieces.