Archaeologists in the 1990s uncovered a pair of eyeglasses and a case from Barnes Creek Cabin, a small property owned and occupied by a miner, Jerry Burke. The eyeglasses have stylistic attributes seen in the mid 1920s and early 1930s, particularly in the round eye lens, wrap-around earpiece and a frame made of synthetic material.

UA Museum scholars suggest that Burke arrived during the Klondike Gold Rush but relocated to Fairbanks 10 years after the Fairbanks Mining District was established. Based on the date of the glasses and case, Burke may have settled here in anticipation of the new Fish Creek Road, finished in 1928.

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