Musk Ox Farm Palmer

... 1937, the year Art was born.  Miraculously, the church is still standing even after Art stepped foot in it. The Musk Ox Farm was on our agenda next.  Here, we were able to observe and photograph these animals at close range. On ...

We took a nice little detour at a musk ox farm in the Matanuska Valley.  What odd, enchanting animals--like something out of Narnia! ...

... where the State Fair is located. The fair is the end of August so guess we will miss that one. We went to a Musk Ox Farm and learned about these prehistoric ice age animals and their role in native Alaskan culture. Continued on the Glenn Hwy out to the ...

... of their descendants still live in the area and there are still many operating farms in the Palmer area.  Palmer is also the home of a musk ox farm that is dedicated to the domestication of the musk ox, an ice age mammal that once roamed the ...

... I found the things that seemed of interest I took to the Lonely Planet for ratings. Our first official tourist stop was the Musk Ox Farm and a great find in Palmer, Alaska. It is a small non-profit and well worth the nominal fee. The farm is home to a ...

... We just went on a drive up Hatcher's Pass and picked some Fiddle Head Ferns to eat and then took the tour of the Musk Ox Farm.  It was a little disappointing.  I guess the ox are in the process of being domesticated, one of them finally did ...