James A. Maple

Historical marker location:

, Fairbanks, Alaska

( Marker is on Steese Highway (Alaska Route 2), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

P. E. Arctic Pipeline Pioneer. 1937 - 2001

Audiobooks about the history of Alaska.

Alaska was once owned by Russia and was known as "Russian America". The Russians established their first settlement on the Kenai Peninsula in 1786, and Alaska remained a Russian colony until it was sold to the United States in 1867.