Dall Sheep

the Alaska Railroad

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June 24th 2007
Jon and I took the Alaska Railroad up into the mountains on the Kenai Peninsula- not bad for my first train ride ever! We caught the train downtown in Anchorage and headed out, the railroad follows the Seward highway until you get near Portage which is about an hour out of town. On the way out of downtown Anchorage the railroad runs through about thirty back yards that make up an airstrip. It's b ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more