[DOC] [TLE] History of Alaska - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 
BC), when ... Alaska was granted U.S. statehood on January 3, 1959. .... than a 
few place names, among these the Malaspina Glacier and the towns of Valdez .... 
In 1902, the Alaska Railroad began to be built, which would connect from Seward
... [DOC] [TLE] History of Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Fairbanks, the second-largest city in Alaska, can be traced to the 
founding of a .... Barnette began building a cabin at a site he named "Chenoa 
City", and he sold .... Barnette opened the town's first bank on September 9, 1904. 
..... the park in July 1967 was attended by U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey 
but... [DOC] [TLE] Inductee Name - Alaska Mining Hall of Fame [PAR] In about four days, they reached Fish Creek, where they began prospecting. ... In 
the spring of 1902, Pedro and Gilmore returned to Barnette's Cache, and ... the 
camp (district) and later town was named Fairbanks, after U.S. Senator Charles 
W. Fairbanks of Indiana, who would become Theodore Roosevelt's Vice 
President. [DOC] [TLE] Fairbanks, Alaska - The Robinson Library [PAR] May 16, 2015 ... American History  United States: Local History and Description  Pacific ... the 
second-largest city in Alaska, after Anchorage, with a population of 31,535 ... 
Felix Pedro, a prospector, found gold twelve miles north of Fairbanks in 1902. ... It 
was named for Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice-President of the United... [DOC] [TLE] State of Alaska Historical Timeline - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com [PAR] 100 million BC, Land masses collided about this time and created Alaska. ..... 
1897-1902 - The Jesup North Pacific Expedition was made to study the ... 1899, 
Gold is discovered on the beaches of Nome and many prospectors who had 
been ... A town grew up and named for the vice president of the United States at 
that time,... [DOC] [TLE] Fairbanks & Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Towns, Villages ... [PAR] Established in 1902 when the U.S. Army Signal Corps located the Salcha ... So 
named because it is the location of the University of Alaska; published in 1927 
U.S. ... and later Vice President of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt. 
.... History: mining camp named by miners for Jack Wade, prospector; reported in
... [DOC] [TLE] Prospectors and progress: Fairbanks history littered with gold ... [PAR] May 2, 2014 ... Between the 1902 gold discovery and 1910, the Fairbanks camp grew to more ... 
in the U.S. Senate and served as vice president under President Teddy 
Roosevelt. ... Gold production and the town's fortunes began to decline after 1910
. ... the Alaska Railroad in 1923 that Fairbanks enjoyed a resurgence. [DOC] [TLE] Fairbanks - Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - Catholic ... [PAR] The town grew as the Chena steamboat brought many prospectors during the 
Pedro Dome gold rush. Fairbanks was named in 1902 after Indiana Senator 
Charles Fairbanks, who became Vice President of the US from 1905 to 1909. ... 
Almost immediately after his arrival from Eagle, the priest began building the first
... [DOC] [TLE] TCC  Fairbanks [PAR] The town grew as the Chena steamboat landing brought many prospectors 
during the Pedro Dome gold rush. Fairbanks was named in 1902 after Indiana 
Senator Charles Fairbanks, who became Vice President of the US from 1905 to 
1909. In 1903, Judge ... He also founded the Washington-Alaska Bank. By 1910, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] AK Day 14 PP - TrainWeb.org [PAR] Between the 1902 gold discovery and 1910, the Fairbanks camp grew to more 
than ... in the U.S. Senate and served as vice president under President Teddy 
Roosevelt. ... Gold production and the town's fortunes began to decline after the 
1910. ... The name Alaskaland lasted more than thirty years, but there were many
... [DOC] [TLE] SitNews -Fairbanks: Golden Heart City; A story of its founding [PAR] Jul 13, 2004 ... Ketchikan, Alaska - In the summer of 1901, bustling

Question: This Alaska town was founded by prospectors in 1902 & named for a U.S. vice president
Answer: (Charles) Fairbanks