The Port Valdez Company

11/15/2025

Mush on….

The 1979 film “Spirit of the Wind” immortalized the life of musher George Attla and played to sold-out Alaska audiences.

05/02/2024

ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD By David A. Jones with Bob Hill is on a roll! We have won GOLD in the Memoir category from the Independent Press Awards! Congratulations to our book team hashtag co-writer hashtag editor hashtag editor hashtag designer hashtag publisher.
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02/14/2024

02/14/2024

Lots of good stories behind this bridge…
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Crossing this 115-year-old Million Dollar Bridge in Alaska is not just a journey over the Copper River; it's a walk through Alaska's history.

07/29/2023

Music makes the world go round….

This exciting-looking contraption is a handmade wooden string instrument from the Valdez Gold Rush era approximately between 1898 and 1917. We speculate that the “bow” is actually a repurposed saw, however, we invite you to wager your bets. A recycled saw? Or something else?

This photo is another glass plate negative, inverted to be positive, from P.S. Hunt, taken in his established Valdez photo studio.

07/29/2023

The salmon are coming! The salmon are coming! The salmon are coming….!

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07/27/2023

“The story of our creation of Humana starts with a favorite phrase: ‘the confidence of total ignorance.’ Each of the endeavors we undertook—nursing homes, hospitals, insurance—was something we knew absolutely nothing about. Our start to what would become a Fortune 50 company was like something out of an American Dream book.” — David A. Jones

The Story Behind The Building Of Humana Publishers Weekly July 24, 2023 Issue The Story Behind The Building Of Humana Publication Date October 10, 2023 ISBN 978-1-938462-63-4 Hardcover plus dust jack

07/12/2023

Citizens of Valdez, business owners, corporations, and Friends of Valdez be recognized for supporting Valdez Rising. Buy A Brick! Support the Community of Valdez, Alaska, and its future!
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Buy A Brick! For A Limited Time Only! Show your individual or corporate support for VALDEZ RISING - SUACIT "The People From The Place That Rises Into View" Buy A Brick! Support Valdez Rising $250 each

06/27/2023

What does Civility mean to you? Yesterday? Today? Tomorrow? https://conta.cc/43XVCWP

Finding Civility BREAKING NEWS - Louisville, Kentucky Coming July 4th! Finding Civility... ON CIVILITY: More Restorative Reflections By John-Robert Curtin, Ph.D. * When did we decide other human being

05/22/2023

Breathe taking…

"You can’t explain Alaska, you have to experience Alaska."

Photo - Red Smitty