DELTA JUNCTION, Alaska -- After three quarters of a century, a community remembers the valiant efforts in constructing a road built by heroes. State, local and military leaders attended a proclamation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr.

The Juneteenth Alaska Alcan Highway Celebration takes place this week under the auspices of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation. The October celebration is appropriate, said Dr. Ronald Myers ...

Editor’s Note: The Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, TTU Libraries. This week’s Caprock Chronicles is written by John McCullough, author and aviation historian of ...

Save money, live better, travel more. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS OFFICE OF HISTORY VIA AP The opening ceremonies of the Alcan Highway held on Nov. 20, 1942 at Soldier’s Summit, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 ...

Sixty-five years ago this week, the Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the completion of one of the most ambitious tasks assigned them during World War II - the building of the Alaska Highway, also ...

Alaska Free Bridge FILE - This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr., left, and Private Alfred Jalufka shaking hands at ...