This Day in Alaskan History-May 27th, 1905
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The Road to Tanana and Rampart Road are Now Open for Public Travel
Travelers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling (Fairbanks, Alaska) – The Road to Tanana and Rampart Road are now open for travel. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOPT&PF) will perform regular maintenance now through October 1. Beginning mid-March, maintenance crews conducted snow removal, and thawed culverts, to restore the […]
This Day in Alaska History-February 27th 1923
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The recent history of a black rock
In June of 1867 — a few months before Alaska would become part of the United States with the transfer of $7.2 million to Russia — William Healey Dall picked up a shiny black rock from a riverbank. Dall was near the mouth of the Nowitna River, which flows into the Yukon River between today’s […]