Our Delta Junction logo carries Alaska's distressed bear over "1959," the year of statehood and the shared emblem of every Merlin Classics Alaska town. The bear is the Last Frontier in shorthand — wilderness, toughness, the wide Interior — printed black-and-white with the worn look of a crate stamp or an outfitter's brand. What makes this one Delta Junction is the place behind it: the end of the Alaska Highway, the buffalo herd, the Tanana Valley under three ranges. On a tee or a cap it reads less like a souvenir and more like a piece of the Interior — worn plain.
What made the town was the road. In 1942 the Alaska Highway was pushed through as a wartime supply route, and Delta Junction became its terminus — Milepost 1422, where the new highway met the older Richardson Highway running up from Valdez. A construction camp turned into a community; Fort Greely was established nearby in the 1950s; and the fertile valley grew into one of Alaska's few real farming districts, raising barley and hay alongside the bison. Delta Junction incorporated as a city in 1960. Today it's still the place where the Alaska Highway ends and the certificates get signed, a small Interior town that earns its travelers.
Why People Visit Delta Junction Alaska
- Get your photo and certificate at the End of the Alaska Highway, Milepost 1422, at the Triangle.
- Visit Big Delta State Historical Park and Rika's Roadhouse (1909) on the Tanana River.
- Tour Sullivan Roadhouse, among the oldest in Interior Alaska, by the visitor center.
- Watch for the free-roaming Delta bison herd on the Delta Bison Range.
- Fish and camp at Quartz Lake, and catch the Deltana Fair in late July.
