This tribute commemorates E.T. Barnette's accidental
landing at approximately this spot on the river
bank in 1901 and the begining of Fairbanks. As the city's
founding father, he became the richest man in town.
He left Fairbanks in 1911 after being accused of embezzling
$1 million from the Washington-Alaska
Bank.
Special
Thanks to the Fairbanks Convention & Vistiors
Bureau
Information for this tour was taken
from "Crooked Past: The History of a Fronier
Mining Camp",
Copyright 1984 by Terrence Cole; and "Fairbanks:
a Pictorial History", Copywright 1981 by Clause
M. Naske.
