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We all take basic medical equipment for granted until we need it, but we never spend much time thinking about the evolution of some basic medical equipment in regards to

By car, by bus, by plane, by train, they all came Saturday to Nenana to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Railroads completion and Ben Eielson’s first flight from Fairbanks

When President Warren Harding drove in the golden spike to commemorate completion of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana 100 years ago, that spike became a symbol of progress in the

Building a bridge across the Tanana River was the last challenge that had to be overcome to complete the Interior Alaska Railroad.

on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. William Watson Woolen’s posthumously published Alaska history and travelogue, “The Inside Passage to Alaska,” includes his 1915 journey into Upper Cook Inlet. He traveled north, past Point Possession, past Fire Island and past Point MacKenzie before anchoring near the mouth of Woodrow Creek on the eastern side of Knik Arm....