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The second issue of Volume 4 of the new revised Alaskan History Magazine includes the story of W. A. Dickey, the man who renamed Denali in 1896. Also in this issue: The history of Deering; an excerpt from G. O. Young’s classic ‘Alaska Yukon Trophies Won and Lost,’ about a hunting party traveling to McCarthy 1919; the Iditarod Trail and its proximity and relationship to Anchorage; the story of Moosemeat John Hedberg, who homesteaded near Kenai and became an Alaskan legend; and an excerpt from L.H. French’s book, Nome Nuggets: Some of the experiences of a party of gold seekers in northwestern Alaska in 1900. Continue reading →