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 BENNY BENSON & LOUIS SHELBACK

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9464835/john-ben-benson 

 https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Nevada

 

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Pyramid Lake Battle

https://shpo.nv.gov/nevadas-historical-markers/historical-markers/the-two-battles-of-pyramid-lake


Pony Express

https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/research/articles-from-enroute/the-story-of-the-pony-express.html

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pony-express

https://nationalponyexpress.org/historic-pony-express-trail/stations/

 

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Serum Run 1925

https://www.alaskamushingschool.com/learn/1925-serum-run-to-nome/ 

https://archives.alaska.gov/education/serum.html

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/togo-siberian-husky-sled-dog-hero-of-1925/

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel-and-adventure/2019/03/the-untold-story-of-the-daring-cave-divers-who-saved-the-thai-soccer-team

https://www.britannica.com/event/Chile-mine-rescue-of-2010

https://www.alaska.org/detail/leonhard-seppala


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BALTO & TOGO

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9169/balto_the_wonder_dog

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28979809/togo-seppala


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GOLD RUSHES

https://dbpedia.org/page/Henry_Comstock

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nv-comstocklode/

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/klondike-gold-rush

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/as-precious-as-gold-stories-from-the-gold-rush/the-great-nome-gold-rush

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220/henry-tompkins_paige-comstock

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2543/george-washington-carmack

https://www.nps.gov/people/george-carmack.htm 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175244880/james-mason

https://dawsoncity.ca/discover-dawson/klondike-gold-rush/ 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175244880/james-mason 

https://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/nome-gold-rush


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HOVER DAM

https://hoover.archives.gov/hoover-dam

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-the-greatest-dam-in-the-world-building-hoover-dam-teaching-with-historic-places.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hoover-Dam

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/hoover-dam

https://www.britannica.com/event/Yom-Kippur-War 

https://alaska.conocophillips.com/who-we-are/alaska-operations/trans-alaska-pipeline-system-taps/ 

https://aoghs.org/transportation/trans-alaska-pipeline/ 

https://www.alaska.gov/Kids/learn/pipeline.htm

 

  NUKES

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Operation-Ranger 

 https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/location/nevada-test-site/

 https://eros.usgs.gov/earthshots/yucca-flat-nevada-usa

https://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/unknown-legacy-alaskas-atomic-tests

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA118684

LINK to PDF that will download automatically

         https://nnss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DOENV_1243-1.pdf

 

 https://www.military.com/video/nuclear-bombs/nuclear-weapons/cannikin-nuclear-test-footage/1402452751001

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/24/alaska-legalized-weed-39-years-ago-wait-what/

 https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/alaska-weed-history/2014/04/14/




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“US Flags.” US Flags. Accessed July 22, 2023. https://usflags.design/.

 

Spartz, India M. “Eight Stars of Gold: The Story of Alaska’s Flag.” Accessed July 22, 2023. https://museums.alaska.gov/EightStars/src/exhibit_catalog.pdf.

 

Rocha, Guy. “When Is a State Flag Official?” Last modified April 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20040223122522/http:/dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth16.htm.

 

Rocha, Guy. “How Nevada Went 60 Years Without an Official Flag.” Last modified October 22, 2017. https://www.rgj.com/story/life/2017/10/22/how-nevada-went-60-years-without-official-flag/789460001/.

 

Howe, Randy. Flags of the Fifty States: Their Colorful Histories and Significance. Guilford, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 2002.

 

“Chapter 235 – State Seal, Motto and Symbols; Gifts and Endowments.” Nevada Legislature. Accessed July 22, 2023. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-235.html#NRS235Sec005.

 

MacNulty, W. Kirk. “Freemasonry; Symbols, Secrets, Significance.”  London, Thames & Hudson. 2006

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