Several decades after Taber’s journey Heath Twichell (son of Colonel Heath Twichell, Executive Officer of the 35th Engineers and later Commanding Officer of the 95th Engineers) made the journey down the Alaska Highway. The object of his 1991 journey, documented in the book Northwest Epic, was both to experience the Alaska Highway as a tourist and to discover the changes wrought since the initial building of the highway. Perhaps the highlight of his journey was the tramp up the side of a mountain from the signpost designating the site of Soldiers Summit, where the Alaska Highway was officially opened on November 20, 1942. Following a cut through the forest he came upon the original flagpoles from the dedication ceremony (and which are seen in so many photographs of the event) lying down on the ground. It is not only here that Twichell discovers the past of the Alaska Highway living on in the present – further down the highway, near Tok, Alaska, Twichell finds a simple cairn dedicated to a soldier who lost his life during the building of the highway. Although Twichell estimated that only 20% of the existing Alaska Highway follows the original route and grades, the evidence of the original highway abounds and is a fascinating draw for the tourist and the historian.