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Emancipation Horse Races are scheduled for Sunday at Randall James Racetrack, with a post time at noon. | Emancipation Horse Races are scheduled for Sunday at Randall James Racetrack, with a post time at noon. | ||
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| + | == 100 years ago this week, Alaskans who didn't believe in == | ||
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| + | <html>: On July 3, 1913, in Fairbanks,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Nike-Ravens-20-REED-black-Game-2013-Super-Bowl-XLVII-and-Art-Jerseys-29925/ Nike Ravens 20 REED black Game 2013 Super Bowl XLVII and Art Jerseys], almost a decade after the Wright brothers' first controlled flight,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/NBA-Caps-003-10080/ NBA Caps-003], there were still some people in Alaska who didn't believe a hunk of metal and wood could soar like a bird. But on that day, Harvard graduate and inventor James V. Martin and his wife put on the show that proved the doubters wrong. First, though, the couple had to get their airplane to Fairbanks, and the town had to build a runway. | ||
| + | Martin,[http://convivial-web.com/blog/2009/03/post_45.html#comments What is a Day Trader-], 28, would go wherever he could find paying customers. His goal was to raise enough to build a plane and fly across the Atlantic Ocean. ... | ||
| + | Martin and his wife Lily,[http://wiki.fampat.de/index.php/Benutzer:Xunjie681#Letter-_Reader_enjoyed_commentary_on_Articles_of_Confederati Letter- Reader enjoyed commentary on Articles of Confederati], also a pilot,[http://www.tune-site.com/bbs/light.cgi?res=16179 How Stress-Caused Health Problems Can Kill Your Ca], arrived with their airplane on the first voyage of the steamer Alaska, which took seven days to make the trip from Whitehorse on the Yukon, Tanana and Chena rivers. | ||
| + | The Martins had traveled up the Inside Passage by steamship and to Whitehorse by the White Pass Yukon Railroad. | ||
| + | Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Fairbanks on June 21 to get a look at the airplane on the top deck. | ||
| + | Read more about Alaska's first flight:</html> | ||
