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Tom Coghill is a third-generation Alaskan whose grandfather, John Coghill, arrived here in 1906 and walked from Seward to Fairbanks, then settled in Nenana. John went back to England to retrieve his wife and returned to Nenana to settle down. He raised three sons, ran a general store and operated the local stagecoach. Tom inherited his grandfather’s adventurous spirit and climbed Mt. McKinley in 1976 as a junior in high school. He graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a degree in civil engineering and now enjoys home landscaping and gardening with his wife Jean. Jean is a master gardener whose work has been featured in Sunset magazine. The Coghills’ front yard features rose gardens and a pond with a waterfall, quite a feat for being located in North Pole, Alaska. | 