The influx of civilians and military personnel into Alaska had a devastating effect ... in 1950 to 19 percent at the time of statehood in 1959. The highway construction led to a new era for ...

Detroiters packed up and left that city bound for Alaska to take advantage of the homestead land on the Kenai Peninsula that could be had for a $10 filing fee. The 21 families, displaying Alaska or ...

Today we are going to look at the 1959 USO Christmas Tour that brought some very famous folks to Ladd Air Force Base (today it is Fort Wainwright) to entertain the troops with a sizzling show to ...

Alaska, currently separated from the mainland U.S. by about 500 miles (800 kilometers) of Canadian territory, was eventually admitted as State No. 49 in January 1959. That opened the door for ...

Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem concerning his partner Gerard Mason and his ...