Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page 7) “I came here almost 40 years ago on a month-long vacation and when it was time to leave realized that Fairbanks was really the place I’d rather be. Where else in the world could you live 61 years and never learn to change a flat tire, still pick up hitch-hikers, become a gold miner (I once staked Bedrock Creek up the Steese Highway), and make a good enough living at your own business that you could afford to buy a little building downtown and open a free museum? I enjoy the visitors who come to the museum searching for information on their ancestors, and especially those who just come to look at the Alaskana collectibles and paper ephemera that represent the past century of our town of Fairbanks and of Alaska. Hope you have a chance to make downtown a stop on your visit to Fairbanks!” Candy Waugaman, historian Prospect the second century of gold. With key discoveries in the surrounding hills and creeks following Felix Pedro’s strike in 1902, prospectors spread out to pan and sluice, followed by small manual drift mines and draglines to the monster floating dredges and lode mines. Fairbanks grew as a supply center attracting retailers and service providers and has continued as the hub and gateway to Alaska’s Interior and the Arctic for over 100 years. Historic visitor attractions and modern-day mining operations celebrate the quest for gold as Fairbanks enters its second century. Try your hand at gold panning and uncover your own Alaskan gold. See the largest public display of gold in the state at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Visit the Pedro Monument in tribute to gold’s first discovery. Find that perfect gold nugget souvenir to take back home. Discover why Fairbanks is the “Golden Heart” city. Large image: © Patrick Endres Small image: Princess Tours. • Five-deck 250-foot-long gold dredges operated in the Tanana Valley until the late 1950s. • Coldfoot Gold Camp, 58 miles north of the Arctic Circle, was established in 1899 and deserted in 1912, when miners discovered a gold strike in Wiseman. Visit these historic locations today as part of a tour. 7 Toni Colasacco 9
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 Contents Fairbanks Native Culture Gold Last Frontier Winter Lifestyles Tours Gateway to the Interior & the Arctic Art Around Town Itineraries Family Fun Calendar of Events Fairbanks Denali Neighbors Interior Neighbors "Into the Wild" Alaskan Neighbors Arctic Neighbors Travel Tips Mapping It Out Business Index Who To Call Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page Cover1) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page Cover2) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Contents (Page 1) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Fairbanks (Page 2) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Fairbanks (Page 3) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Native Culture (Page 4) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Native Culture (Page 5) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Gold (Page 6) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - Gold (Page 7) Fairbanks Official Visitors Guide 2008 - 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