In the early spring of 1942 Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native Alaskans, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Gerstle River Bridge near Delta Junction is seen on July 26, 2023. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities ...

In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...

It may not look like it on most maps you're familiar with, but Alaska is quite far away from the rest of the States it is United with. Alaska is so far away, in fact, that the United States and Canada ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the Premier of the Yukon Ranj Pillai, pose for a photo in the Cabinet office during a visit to Whitehorse on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Justin Kennedy/Government of ...

The starting signpost of the newly completed Alaska Highway sits in Edmonton, Alberta, ca. 1942. * Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis * 1942: The Alaska Highway officially opens to military ...