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Fairbanks Museum of the North spotlights hunting

By James A. Swan, Ph.D.
ESPNOutdoors.com

Monday, October 20, 2008

Like trees, people grow roots in the place where they live, and a culture springs up that reflects the spirit of that place as well as the souls of the people. In time, that local culture becomes a heritage, which is often as important to future generations as the land itself. In 1901 Captain E.T. Barnette was in Alaska to set up a trading post. He intended to locate it in Tanacross, where the Tanana River crossed the Valdez-Eagle trail. But on the way, he wrecked his own boat and was stranded ...

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