On September 13th, 1955, 55 delegates were elected to attend a special Alaska constitutional convention at UAF’s Student Union Building (later named Constitution Hall) The number of delegates elected, 55, was chosen to mirror the 55 delegates that went to Philadelphia to create the original Constitution between May 25 and September 17, 1787. Frank Peratrovich, a Southeastern […]
On September 12th, 1922 (some sources cite the 13th), the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines was dedicated in Fairbanks. It is the farthest north institute of higher learning, the first college to be created in Alaska, and the last grant college to be established in the United States. The college was established five […]
Alton C Nordale, Alaska’s Territorial Legislator, and four others were returning to Fairbanks after attending Discovery Day in Dawson on August 19th, 1935, but never reached their destination. Searchers sought the aircraft, or even clues, for an extended period along the four-hour intended flight path, but as winter set in, nothing about the fate of […]