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tour. A relic from the gold mining flurry Fairbanks at the confluence of the Native handcrafted items in the state and
of 1905-1944, the recorder’s office still Nenana and Tanana Rivers, the town of museum displays preserving the culture
stands as a reminder of past days of NENANA was the starting point for the and history of the area.
glory, and the old Kantishna Roadhouse 700-mile 1925 diphtheria serum run to
provides food and gold panning. Nome, accomplished by dogsled in 5 Just 10 miles south of Fairbanks on
days through minus 60 degree weather Highway #3, ESTER is a small community
Because of the number of lodging and 80 mile an hour winds. It is also of artists and professors who desired
and camping opportunities and close home to the Ice Classic, which began in a more rural life than Fairbanks. The
proximity to Denali National Park, 1917 with miners and railroad workers Malamute Saloon, where Alaskan poet
many visitors to the park prefer to base betting on when the river ice would Robert Service wrote some of his most
themselves in HEALY, located 12 miles break up and now pays out hundreds of famous poems is still doing a lively
north of the park entrance on Highway thousands of dollars for the closest time. business, as is the 1936 Ester Gold Camp
#3. Visitors can also enjoy golf, horseback The Alfred Starr Cultural Center has one with activities for the whole family.
riding, rafting, dogsled demos or flight of the largest collections of Alaskan
seeing tours.
Situated about 50 miles from

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