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The Wickersham House is a historic house museum at Pioneer Park ("Alaskaland") in Fairbanks, Alaska. The single-story wood-frame house was built in 1904 for James Wickersham, one of the dominant political figures of early 20th-century Alaskan history. It was the first frame house (and at three rooms the largest) built in Fairbanks, and the ...
Location of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
Logo of Pioneers of Alaska. The Pioneers of Alaska is a fraternal organization that was founded in 1907 to preserve the early history of Alaska. [1] [2]Originally restricted to white males who entered Alaska before 1900, [1] the organization today has about 5000 members, [citation needed] who must be residents of Alaska for at least 20 years to be eligible to join. [1]
The group was given permission to use the "Gold Dome" in 1984, but, due to various problems with the condition of the structure, the Pioneer Air Museum was initially unable to open. It was not until 1992, when the wreckage of Ben Eielson 's Hamilton H-45 had been placed on display after being recovered from the Soviet Union, that the museum ...
Pioneer Park in Fairbanks The Alaskaland park in mid-town Fairbanks was opened in 1967 to commemorate 100th anniversary of the Alaska purchase . However, on July 22, 2002, the presumed 100th anniversary of Pedro's gold discovery (noted in Alaska as "Felix Pedro Day"), [ 11 ] the Alaskaland park was officially renamed Pioneer Park . [ 6 ]
The first home built in Fairbanks was demolished, [158] as were the final homes remaining on "the line", Fairbanks' prostitution district. [159] In 1960, the U.S. Air Force made plans to close Ladd Airfield and transfer its functions to nearby Eielson Air Force Base and Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage. When the decision was publicly ...
Bethany Joy Lenz is looking back at the “rude awakening” she experienced after leaving a small, ultra-Christian cult in 2012.. During an appearance on the Rooted Recovery Stories with Patrick ...
The Sitka Pioneer Home was opened in September 1913 on a $10,000 budget. The home struggled financially until the 1930s, when the federal and territorial governments appropriated around $400,000 to replace the dilapidated and fire-prone buildings, creating a new home capable of caring for 170 men.