1867- Born in Minneapolis, Minn. Attended public schools and sold insurance as a young man there. Moved to Tacoma, WA.; agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York;  married and had one daughter.

1898 - Joined the Klondike gold rush; engaged in mining and worked for a telephone company in Dawson.

1904 - Moved to Chena; married Miss Stacia on May 17; shortly thereafter moved to Fairbanks, engaging in mining and working for the telephone company.

1910 - Homestead 320 acres and started experimental farming. He cultivated 100 acres near Fairbanks: sold milk, butter, eggs, and pork in Fairbanks markets, but he specialized in produce. In 1908, Rickert raised two and a half tons of greenhouse tomatoes, 15,000 heads of cabbage, 15,000 stalks of celery, 10 tons of potatoes, and large quantities of turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips, peas, and beans.

1914 - Joined the Fairbanks Pioneers’ Igloo.

1916 - Retired from the telephone company and devoted full-time to farming.

1918 - Appointed to the board of trustees of the Alaska Agricultural College & School of Mines; served five years.

1920 - Elected to a seat in the Territorial House of Representatives.

1921 - Elected to a seat in the Fifth Territorial Legislature.

1924-1933  - Served as president of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce continuously.

1928 - President Fairbanks Pioneers’ Igloo.

1929 - President Alaska-International Highway Association.

1929-1930    - Grand President of the Pioneers’ Grand lodge.

1938 - Died in Fairbanks at the age of 71.

In Fairbanks, there is a Rickert St. named after Paul J. Rickert.