Mile
1271 |
The Alaska Skyway
Alaskan airfields, like the Northway
strip a few miles from here, played a significant role in the development
of the Alaska Highway |
Mile 1292
|
Dusenberg Camp No. 2
This camp, on the shores of Midway
Lake, was operated by E. M. Dusenberg Co. of Iowa. They were just
one of about 50 civil road construction contractors or "dirt pushers" working
on the highway in 1943 |
Mile 1352
|
The Father of the International
Highway
For Donald MacDonald, the construction
of the Alaska Highway was the realization of a long-held dream |
Mile 1376
|
The Crooked Road
The road builders were under pressure
to finish the road "with all the physical capacity of the troops" |
Mile 1409
|
After the War
The Alaska Highway "exposed Alaska
to all the good and all the bad in the civilization we always thought was
so far away." The Alaska Highway broke the territorial shell of isolation
and helped make Alaska into the 49th state in 1959 |