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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWB_wickersham-cabin_Fairbanks-AK.html
This is the site of the original cabin of James J. Wickersham. He was an author, pioneer judge, congressional delegate and Alaska Visionary.Alaska Centennial 1867-1967State of AlaskaGovernor Walter J. HickelAlaska Centennial Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWA_clay-street-cemetery_Fairbanks-AK.html
In MemoriamFrom 1905 to 1916 at least 83 men died and 400 were injured in gold mining accidents in the Fairbanks area. Underground mining was dangerous during this pioneer era. Most died from cave-ins, falling down shafts, being struck by material…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVW9_the-founding-of-fairbanks_Fairbanks-AK.html
Captain E.T. Barnette, whose trading post on the Chena River became the city of Fairbanks, arrived here on the sternwheeler Lavelle Young with Captain Adams on August 26, 1901.Felix Pedro and partners, mining for gold in the hills above town, saw …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVVI_harding-car_Fairbanks-AK.html
Used by President Warren G. Harding on his trip to Alaska in 1923 to drive the Golden Spike for the Alaska Railroad. "Denali is the Indian name fro Mt. McKinley, the "Great One."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBA_pipeline-history_Fairbanks-AK.html
On November 16, 1973, through Presidential approval of pipeline legilation, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company received permission to begin construction of the 800-mile trans Alaska pipeline, its pump stations and the Marine Terminal at Valdez. The …
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