Gardening at the Sullivan Roadhouse

Gardening was an important summer activity at the Sullivan Roadhouse, where the main crop was potatoes, as was typical for many roadhouses along the trail. A large potato patch behind the house provided enough potatoes to last through the winter. The ground was worked with a horse drawn steel walking plow. Moose were a constant threat to the vegetable garden, but the potatoes that survived to harvest were stored in a dugout cold cellar and used to feed hungry travelers in the winter.

Delta Junction, Alaska · United States