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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSQJ_alaska-juneau-mill_Juneau-AK.html
At the Alaska Juneau mill from 1917-1944, ore was sorted, crushed, and treated to extract gold. Electric-powered engines hauled trains of 40 ore cars along the main haulage route form the mine two miles away in Silver Bow Basin to the AJ mill, ste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSQ5_hard-rock-miners_Juneau-AK.html
This bronze sculpture was commissioned by the city and borough of Juneau during its centennial anniversary year, and is dedicated to the mine whose work provided the lifeblood of Juneau during it first six decades. In the late 1800's, compresse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLI_creek-street_Ketchikan-AK.html
Ketchikan's notorious Creek Street, early Alaska's most infamous red-light district, still retains traces of the gaudy rouge of a half-century of speakeasies and sporting women. Here the fame of Black Mary, Thelma Baker and Dolly Arthur outlived t…
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5BB_250th-anniversary-of-the-bering-chirikov-expedition_Sitka-AK.html
[Top rim]:К 250 летию экспедиции В. И. Беринга и А.И. Чир …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29W_golden-spike_Nenana-AK.html
A Golden Spike wasdriven at this point byPresident Hardingon completion ofthe Alaska RailroadJuly 15 1923
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