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Land transfer to Alaska Native corporation preserves stretch of Nome River

Posted 6/9/26

When the “three lucky Swedes” discovered gold at Anvil Creek in the Bering Strait region in September of 1898, they touched off a frenzy that transformed a once-peaceful corner of Alaska. “Imagine a long stretch of sandy beach, piled high & in confusion with freight of all descriptions & tents men unloading barges & working […]

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