Underneath the Museum of the North in Fairbanks are rows upon rows of artifacts from across the state. One group of items, unearthed during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, still have a role to play in Alaska’s modern development process.
History
At Susan B. Anthony’s grave, visiting hours extended for Election Day crowds
People were lining up to leave their “I Voted” stickers at the gravesite of the women’s suffrage activist. Elsewhere, tributes popped up on Twitter and Instagram to other icons of the movement.
Alaskan Book Review – “Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star: C.W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book written by Terrence Cole and published by the University of Alaska Foundation.
Alaskan Book Review – “From the Baltic to Russia America 1829 to 1836: The Journey of Elizabeth Von Wrangell”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book by Alix O’Grady and published by Limestone Press.
Alaskan Book Review – “He Wore the Shoes of a Fishermen”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book by Johanna McPhetres Smith and published by Alaska Litho.
Alaskan Book Review – “Good Company: A Mining Family in Fairbanks, Alaska”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book by Sarah Crawford Isto and published by University Of Alaska Press.
Alaskan Book Review – “Purely Alaska: Authentic Voices from the Far North”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book edited by Susan Andrews and John Creed, and published by Epicenter Press.
Cars, planes and mines: the path to modern-day Juneau
City officials met residents at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to share their thoughts on how technology, transportation and industry influenced Juneau’s growth over the years.
Edward Itta remembered for balancing two worlds
Former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta died Sunday in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow. Family members said the cause was cancer. He was 71.
Alaskan Book Review – “Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on Alaska’s Lost Frontier”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the book by Jack de Yonge and published by Epicenter Press.