Fort Egbert created to provide law on the Alaska-Canada border – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

January 8, 2012 Posted By: Leave a comment
In July 1899 a contingent of about 100 Army personnel arrived in Eagle by steamer. According to BLM literature, the troops were sent to “provide law and order, protect commerce, care for impoverished miners, build roads and trails and develop better ...
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