Pike's Landing in College in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)

Fannie Quigley

"Fannie Fells Her Moose"

— Cabin 28 —

Fannie Quigley Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 18, 2024

1. Fannie Quigley Marker

Inscription.
Probably more yarns are spun about Fannie Quigley, the "little witch of Denali," than any other female Alaska character. Here's the latest--and it's all wool and as wide as her won Kantishna Valley.

After felling a moose with a potshot from her back porch high on Friday Creek, Fannie shuffled down the hill to butcher the kill. Four trips she made back to her cabin along the slope of Friday Creek, which has been mined four times, and each trip she rested a spell on a smooth round rock. On the fourth panting trip up the hillside, Fannie squatted on her rock, casually stooped and picked up a gold nugget the size of a golf ball with only a thin web of quartz breaking the purity of its yellow-rust hue.

Fannie plopped the nugget into her jacket pocket, shouldered her last quarter of moose, and headed up the hill. Later, she said: "Sure, I saw the dern thing layin' there all the time-but I just didn't believe it, Heck sake, Friday Crick's been worked four times." The nugget was valued at about $60.
Excerpt from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner-November 1, 1939

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located in Denali National Park

Story provided by the Fairbanks Igloos of the Pioneers of Alaska.

Erected by Pike's Waterfront Lodge. (Marker Number 28.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Environment • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is November 1, 1939.

Location. 64° 49.921′ N, 147° 50.852′ W. Marker is in College, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough. It is in Pike's Landing. It can be reached from Hoselton Road. Marker is on Cabin 28 in the Pike's Waterfront Lodge complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1850 Hoselton Road, Fairbanks AK 99709, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Alaska Railroad Corridor,

in the Athabascan Region,

and in Interior Alaska.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Pacific Rim,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

Fannie Quigley Marker on Cabin 28 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 18, 2024

2. Fannie Quigley Marker on Cabin 28

marker: John Rafliff (a few steps from this marker); Jessie Bloom (a few steps from this marker); "Wise Mike" Stepovich (a few steps from this marker); Charlie Thompson (a few steps from this marker); McCarty Family (a few steps from this marker); Minnie Geis (a few steps from this marker); A Little About Our Beautiful Cabins (a few steps from this marker); "Mushon" Jansa & "Waterfront" Brown (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in College.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 25, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.