Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was named by miners after the wealthy land of...
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to the 1980s Ophir, Alaska, an abandoned gold-rush town Ophir, California, a town Ophir, Colorado, a town Ophir, Kentucky, a town Ophir, Oregon, an unincorporated...
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Ophir Airport (FAA LID: Z17) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Ophir, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This...
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2007 biopic about the Finnish rock band Hurriganes Ganes, a creek in Ophir, Alaska Ganesa (disambiguation) Ganesha (disambiguation) Ganesan, an Indian...
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Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach...
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Peninsula. Council was begun in 1898 when gold was discovered near the Ophir Creek. Council and the surrounding area may have had as many as 4,000 inhabitants...
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (redirect from The Great Alaska Sled Dog Race)
Iditarod (/aɪˈdɪtərɒd/), is an annual long-distance sled dog race held in Alaska in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of...
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hundreds of people walked and mushed over the trail on their way to the Ophir gold districts. Mining sharply declined after 1925. After a major flood...
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Comstock Lode (section Ophir discovery)
Six major bonanzas marked the first five years of the Comstock Lode. The Ophir bonanza was prosperous until 1864, producing 70,000 tons. Though rich, and...
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in the Nome Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. All the buildings are on the west coast of Little Diomede, which is the...
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John Beaton (miner) (category Gold mining in Alaska)
discovery of gold in Flat, Alaska, began the Iditarod Gold Rush. In 1908, Beaton began prospecting near Iditarod, Alaska, with his partner William A...
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This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state...
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Iditarod Trail (category Hiking trails in Alaska)
McGrath and entered the Innoko River mining district and the town of Ophir. After Ophir, the trail went southwest through the Kuskokwim Mountains to Iditarod...
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Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the United...
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New York Ophir (Hebrew אוֹפִיר ʼÔp̄îr) is mentioned in the Bible as a source of King Solomon's wealth. Ophir, California Ophir, Colorado Ophir City, California...
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Eielson Air Force Base (redirect from Eielson AFB, Alaska)
approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field...
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Elmendorf Air Force Base (redirect from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska)
FAA LID: EDF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Originally known as Elmendorf Field, it became Elmendorf Air Force Base...
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2005 Iditarod (category 2005 in sports in Alaska)
of the 33rd annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the US state of Alaska began in Anchorage on March 5, 2005, at 10 am AKST (19:00 UTC), and restarted...
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Eareckson Air Station (redirect from Eareckson Station (CDP), Alaska)
phased-array radar. Eareckson Air Station is located on the western tip of Alaska's Aleutian islands near the larger island of Attu, lying approximately 1500...
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (category 1951 establishments in Alaska)
state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968...
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Yakutat Airport (redirect from Yakutat Airport, Alaska)
central business district of Yakutat, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world. Airline service is subsidized...
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List of the United States communities where English is not the majority language spoken at home (section Alaska)
CDP 652 Other 89 9.7 Oljato-Monument Valley 729 CDP 701 Other 77.3 21.5 Ophir 41 CDP 41 Other 58.5 41.5 Randlett 62 CDP 62 Other 61.3 38.7 Tselakai Dezza...
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Niukluk River (category Rivers of Alaska)
most abundant below the mouth of American Creek. Just below the mouth of Ophir Creek, a little gold has been rocked out on the bars. The broad gravel flood...
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Reeve Aleutian Airways (category 1947 establishments in Alaska)
Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It ceased operations on December 5, 2000. In February 1946, Bob...
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Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (category Airports in North Slope Borough, Alaska)
largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude...
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October 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Ophir District". USGS. Retrieved 11 October 2021. McPhee, John (2010). Assembling...
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Fairbanks International Airport (category 1951 establishments in Alaska)
city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the United States state of Alaska. It is located in the South Van Horn census-designated place. Fairbanks...
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Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (category Airports in Sitka, Alaska)
central business district of Sitka, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is named after Sitka's former mayor Rocky Gutierrez. It features...
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section of Gold Hill, soon to become Virginia City. In another story, the Ophir Diggings were named in honor of Finney as he was "one of the first discoverers...
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district of Wales, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Wales airport has one runway designated 18/36 with a 4,000 x 75 ft (1,219...
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