http://downtownfairbanks.com/featured/64-years/ Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://downtownfairbanks.com/featured/64-years/#comment-177 Judy Hamby Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:04:36 +0000 http://downtownfairbanks.com/?p=1575#comment-177 Lived in Fairbanks when it was still a territory. My first son was born at what was then Ladd AFB Hospital. I remember driving up the Alcan Highway in August 1956 and back down the Alcan in November 1957. The Peace River bridge had collapsed. We had to drive down a graval road for miles then take a small ferry across the river, with one 9 month old baby in the back seat and another in the oven. Back in those days there was nothing much to do in Fairbanks. I did work at Monty's Dept. store for awhile. And I remember when Bob Hope came to Ladd - and when "Queen For a Day" was filmed in downtown Fairbanks. I stood in the cold watching the show. Many fond memories including the state song - "EIght stars of Gold on a Field of Blue." Lived in Fairbanks when it was still a territory. My first son was born at what was then Ladd AFB Hospital.
I remember driving up the Alcan Highway in August 1956 and back down the Alcan in November 1957.
The Peace River bridge had collapsed. We had to drive down a graval road for miles then take a small ferry across the river, with one 9 month old baby in the back seat and another in the oven. Back in those days there was nothing much to do in Fairbanks. I did work at Monty’s Dept. store for awhile. And I remember when Bob Hope came to Ladd – and when “Queen For a Day” was filmed in downtown Fairbanks. I stood in the cold watching the show. Many fond memories including the state song – “EIght stars of Gold on a Field of Blue.”

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