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Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town that Beat the Odds [Paperback]

Dermot Cole (Author)

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City History June 1, 2003
Fairbanks has plenty of interesting characters in its past. From its days as the richest gold-mining district in Alaska, the town's quirky history is chronicled here.

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Dermot Cole is a columnist for the Fairbanks Daily News-miner.
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It was a modest metropolis that traced its origins to low water in Chena River. Read the first page
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Chena River, World War, Weeks Field, United States, Air Force, Ice Bowl, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Chamber of Commerce, New York, Alaska Railroad, San Francisco, Cap Lathrop, First Avenue, Pearl Harbor, Tanana River, American Legion, James Wickersham, Pan American, Second Avenue, North America, Birch Hill, Ernest Gruening, Golden Heart City, Interior Alaska
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