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Prospector Felix Pedro and trader E.T. Barnette played key roles in the Tanana River Valley gold rush.
 
By Barry Swackhamer, July 24, 2010
Barrette's Landing Marker
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1 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks, Downtown — Barnette's Landing —
Captain E.T. Barnette, a passenger on the riverboat Lavelle Young, debarked near this site on August 26, 1901, and established a trading post which in 1902 became known as Fairbanks. — — Map (db m293748) HM
2 ► Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Harding-Birch Lakes — Tanana Valley Gold —
The gold deposit found in 1902 north of present-day Fairbanks proved to be the richest in Alaska. Prospector Felix Pedro and trader E.T. Barnette played key roles in the discovery and initial rush. A second strike made the following summer . . . — — Map (db m59826) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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