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Alaska’s Coal History
Alaska’s railroad history has been interwoven with Alaska’s coal resources almost from the beginning, and the black rock has driven the development of the Alaska Railroad since the days of its smaller predecessors. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Alaska Railroad, Books, News & Information
Tagged Alaska Coal Act, Alaska Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Ballinger-Pinchot Affair, Bering River, Cap Lathrop, Chickaloon, coal, Copper River & Northwestern, CR&NW, Evan Jones, federal coal claims, Gifford Pinchot, Healy, Homer Pennock, Jonesville Coal, Kenai, Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate, Nenana, Republican Party split, Richard A. Ballinger, Sutton, Usibelli
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