Pipeline Facts

Historical marker location:

1671 Steese Highway, Fairbanks, Alaska

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

In the late 1800s, there was a gold rush in Alaska that drew thousands of prospectors to the region. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 brought tens of thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon, and was one of the largest gold rushes in history.