The Rev. S. Hall Young

The Rev. Wollaston Kirk

The Rev. Egbert Koonce

The Church at Eagle, Alaska, (located on the Yukon River), where the Revs. Young, Kirk, and Koonce met for the first meeting of the Presbytery of Yukon, 1899

The Rev. Bert J. and Mabel P. Bingle. Rev. Bingle served the Presbytery from 1927 through 1965. Bingle was the "great church builder" of Alaska - physically constructing six church buildings and a camp ground, as well as organizing the congregations themselves. His ministry along the Railbelt of Alaska - from Wasilla to Fairbanks -- was often called "the longest in the world", six feet wide and 225 miles long. Mabel Bingle served at his side, plus serving as Yukon Presbytery Historian for many years. (Photo courtesy of their son James Bingle, of Viera, Florida.)

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