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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGV_pa-289-lagivisi_Barrow-AK.html
Sharing Food, Sharing Life - Then and NowUkpiaġvik, which means ?the place where we hunt snowy owls,' was one of several ancient villages in the Barrow area. Our ancestors settled here primarily to hunt the great bowhead whales. But their die…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWZ_suter-house_Fairbanks-AK.html
Suter, "The Live Jeweler" and E.R. Peoples, owner of E.R. Peoples General Merchandise, married two sisters in 1910.They built these two adjoining houses, together one of the first modern homes in town.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWY_fairbanks-public-schools_Fairbanks-AK.html
In the winter of 1904, the first Fairbanks Public School was opened. Ten students finished the spring term. In the fall of 1905, the school enrolled 50 students. The next year, 150 students attended.Construction of a much-needed new school on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWX_cushman-street_Fairbanks-AK.html
"Instead of row after row of empty houses (Dawson), they are building new stores. The place is alive and busy-a little too crowded when we got there." - a tourist in Fairbanks, 1928
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWV_the-line_Fairbanks-AK.html
Noticeable among the earliest pioneers settling in Fairbanks were prostitutes, women of the demimonde who stampeded to the new Fairbanks gold camp from Dawson, Circle City, Rampart and points beyond. In a city where men far outnumbered women, earn…
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/HMSTM_first-presidential-visit_Nenana-AK.html
President Warren G. Harding, first U.S. President to visit Alaska traveled here to pound the Golden Spike signalling completion of the Alaska Railroad from tidewater to the interior July 15, 1926.State of AlaskaGovernor Walter J. HickelAlaska Cent…