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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1428_lacey-street-theater-1939_Fairbanks-AK.html
Construction of the Lacey Street Theater began in 1939, and this Art Deco style building opened in 1940. Austin E. "Cap" Lathrop, Fairbanks businessman and financier, was its owner. The Lacey Street Theater, with its distinguished neon sign, ornam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1414_james-a-maple_Fairbanks-AK.html
Dr. Maple was a structural engineer and principal designer of the trans-Alaska pipeline. He holds three patents for his development of innovative pipe supports that enabled the warm oil pipeline to safely traverse areas of permafrost. He pioneered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1405_the-north-pole_North-Pole-AK.html
This pole is one of two poles manufactured in 1951 as part of a campaign to properly mark the top of the Earth. After a grand tour of the United States, its twin was pushed out of the tail hatch of an Alaska Airlines DC-4 over the geographic North…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXHB_goat-trail_Valdez-AK.html
The U.S. Army arrived at Valdez during the Gold Rush to build a trail into the interior. They found the Valdez Glacier impassable much of the year. To bypass the glacier, they cut a narrow trail along the walls of rugged Keystone Canyon. The "Goat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXHA_horse-and-sled-trail_Valdez-AK.html
On the far side, just above the water are the remains of the old sled trail, used in the early days. It was cut out of the rock, just wide enough for 2 horses abreast. 200 ft. above can be seen the old goat trail. This road was used till 1945.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXH9_old-railroad-tunnel_Valdez-AK.html
"The Iron Trail" by Rex Beach describes these events and this area.
This tunnel was hand cut into the solid rock of Keystone Canyon and is all that is left of the "railroad era" when nine companies fought to take advantage of the short route fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGZ_gold-discoveries-trigger-stampede_Hope-AK.html
Prospectors found gold in 1895 under the present Canyon Creek Highway Bridge and on Mills Creek. Those discoveries launched a rush to Turnagain Arm more than a year before the Klondike Gold Rush.
Prospectors Poke AroundAfter gold was discovered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGY_gold-rush-crossroads_Delta-Junction-AK.html
The community of Big Delta began during the Gold Rush era as a trading post and roadhouse serving prospectors and travelers.
Known for many years as McCarty, Big Delta was a link in the paths of travel and trade. It was located at the intersect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGX_welcome-to-coldfoot-camp_Fairbanks-AK.html
This Sign Greeted New Arrivals As They Arrived At The Pipeline Construction Camp Located One Mile West Of Here. We Salvaged This Sign When The Camp Was Being Dismantled.
You are about 55 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the East Bank of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGW_taylor-highway_Barrow-AK.html
The Taylor Highway leads through some of the earliest and richest gold mining country in Alaska to the City of Eagle on the Yukon River. Gold was discovered by Franklin in 1886 and the old town of Forty Mile was located on the Yukon River at the m…