The Old Gulkana River Village
Photo courtesy of Bob Neeley
Bob Neeley - Featured Columnist
This is where my father the late Harry Thomas Neeley was born in Old Chief Ewan House and the home of my two older brothers. God rest their souls in this sacred place. We had our own house there and my late father and two older brothers are buried up on the Hill as well as my late sister is buried there too.
In 1943, my father heard a Caterpillar come right up to the door. They said, “Get out.” They crushed the houses down and buried them under 15 feet of gravel. [My father] was an operator driving Caterpillars for the highway, working for the U.S. Army, at the same time. They were treated like second class citizens. They didn’t announce they were going to do that.
Photo courtesy of Bob Neeley
