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	Dalton Community's - History & Folklore of Dalton, Georgia
		The railroad running through Dalton quickly became a pivotal contribution to the growth of the city and in 1852 a depot, which still stands today, was built in the center of town.
		After the battle of Dalton in 1864, the city was occupied by Union troops and began to rebuild.
		The stretch of highway in Dalton became known as Peacock Alley because of the colorful bedspreads hanging outside many of the homes along the road.
	www.daltoncommunity.com /historyfolklore.html (608 words)

	Alaska Roads - Dalton Highway Photo Journey
		It was, and remains, an adjunct to the Dalton Highway page of his site on High Priority Corridors (a few dozen highways deemed by Congress to be of special national importance and worthy of priority Federal support -- the Dalton Highway is High Priority Corridor 24).
		The Dalton Highway was long the highest-numbered route in Alaska, until 2001 when the Klondike Highway from Skagway in southeast Alaska to the Canadian border was designated as route 98 (for the gold rush of 1898).
		The Dalton Highway is the only highway in the United States, and one of only two in North America, to cross the Arctic Circle.
	www.alaskaroads.com /photos-Dalton-Hwy.htm (999 words)

	Alaska's Dalton Highway: the Adventure Awaits! - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dalton Highway begins at the junction at Mile 73.1 of the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks and ends at the community of Deadhorse, just a few miles away from the shores of the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay oil complex.
		The highway is still referred to by many as the Haul Road because of its origin as the rough and tough truck supply route that was built during the construction of the pipeline in the mid-1970s.
		So what is it about the Dalton Highway that lures people to point their vehicles north to trek through some of the wildest land in Alaska For many people the attraction is the awesome scenery along the drive north.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/aktravel/bl-dalton.htm (753 words)

	High Priority Corridors @ AARoads.com: Dalton Highway/Alaska 11 (Corridor 24)
		Corridor 24 is the Dalton Highway is a long, desolate roadway from Alaska Route 2 northwest of Fairbanks all the way north to the Arctic Ocean.
		It used to be that traveling the Dalton Highway required a permit: Until December 1994, motorists needed a special permit to drive north of Disaster Creek.
		At Mile 414 is the town of Deadhorse and the northern terminus of the Dalton Highway.
	www.aaroads.com /high-priority/corr24.html (1235 words)

	BLM Alaska :: Dalton Highway Guide Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dalton Highway stretches 414 miles across northern Alaska from Livengood (84 miles north of Fairbanks) to Deadhorse and the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay.
		Highway and pipeline north of the Yukon River.
		In 1981 the highway was named after engineer James B. Dalton, who was involved in early oil exploration efforts on the North Slope.
	www.blm.gov /ak/dalton/index.html (491 words)

	Alaskan Interior : Driving Tours : The Dalton Highway \| Frommers.com
		But the experience of the Dalton Highway for a traveler is so far beyond the ordinary as to require a whole new frame of reference to take it all in.
		A highway business is next to the Yukon, and at Coldfoot there is a truck stop, and Wiseman is 15 miles up the road from Coldfoot, where the 2000 census counted 21 people.
		Many, many places along the highway have incredible views; among the most famous are Finger Mountain at mile 98; Gobbler's Knob at mile 132, which offers the first view of the Brooks Range; and 4,739-foot Atigun Pass at mile 245, where the road crosses the Brooks Range, winding through impossibly rugged country.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/alaskaninterior/1518028480.html (2151 words)

	Highways of Interior Alaska, USA
		the Elliott Highway northwest to Manley Hot Springs, The Dalton Highway ('Haul Road') north to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay, the Steese Highway east to Circle City, the Parks Highway southwest to Denali Park and Anchorage, and the Richardson Highway south to Delta Junction and Valdez.
		The road crosses the Brooks Range, and Atigun Pass at MP 244 is the highest highway pass in Alaska (elevation 4.800 feet or 1.463 meter).
		The first 44 miles of the Steese Highway are paved, it's gravel and dirt the rest of 162 miles to the Yukon River at Circle City.
	henkbinnendijk.tripod.com /fairbanks/id23.html (326 words)

	Dalton Highway. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Dalton Highway, road, N central to N Alaska, project road for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
		From Livengood to its S terminus at Valdez, the pipeline follows the preexisting Elliot, Steese, and Richardson highways.
		This is the only highway in the Alaska system that extends N of Yukon R. and the only U.S. highway to reach the Arctic Circle.
	www.bartleby.com /69/92/D00392.html (178 words)

	Dalton Hwy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dalton has fewer services and improvements than other roads in Alaska (which isn't much to begin with) and is not for the unprepared.
		One of the first landmarks on the Dalton is the Yukon River at 56 mile.
		The Dalton Highway is the only road in Alaska that crosses the Arctic Circle.
	www.geocities.com /abaccola/dalton.html (212 words)

	Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center: Historical Vignettes
		...Dalton and I decided to stay to see the last of the caravan and pick up any odds and ends that might be left behind; we found plenty of this material with which we brought up the rear of the procession, loaded with a curious assortment of property.
		Dalton carried three pairs of snowshoes, one gold pan, one bread pan, four saucepans, (all about the same size, strung around his waist on a belt), besides which he had a rifle, revolver, ammunition, etc. I was loaded with one bucket, one big kettle, teapot, blankets, sack of books, camera, overcoat and a wild duck.
		Dalton hired out to guide groups over his trail and in 1898, he established a short-lived pony express to carry mail and people between the Yukon and Pyramid Harbor.
	www.sheldonmuseum.org /daltontrail.htm (1245 words)

	Dalton Highway Express
		Dalton Highway Express is a small Alaska-owned business that specializes in summer-time (beginning of June to the end of August) transportation on Alaska's Dalton Highway.
		Dalton Highway Express is the only operator in North America to offer scheduled land transportation to the Arctic Ocean.
		Dalton Highway Express offers the perfect way to access the untamed wilderness of Alaska's Arctic in an economical fashion.
	www.daltonhighwayexpress.com (226 words)

	Fishing Alaska's Dalton Highway For Pike, Grayling, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, Sheefish and Burbot
		Parking along the highway roadway is not recommended because of the frequent large truck traffic, the dusty conditions, and flying rocks created by traffic.
		The lake is visible to the west side of the Dalton Highway, and an access road runs to an active airstrip about 1.5 miles from the highway.
		No crossings of the Sagavanirktok River are made by the Dalton Highway, although the river parallels the road for about 100 miles as it flows north to Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
	alaskaoutdoorjournal.com /Fishing/daltonfisheries2.html (2954 words)

	InfoHub - Alaska: Dalton Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dalton Hwy starts about 76 miles NW of Fairbanks and goes north to Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay) along the Alaska pipeline.
		We decided to travel the Dalton in June, because this is a late spring in the Arctic, and we wanted to see the tundra flowers that are abundant at this time of the year.
		However, most lakes in the immediate proximity of the highway are pretty shallow, so in general you have a better chance to catch good fish in the rivers or creeks.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=2006 (1106 words)

	Dalton Highway
		Dalton Highway Express: offers transportation to any point between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay on the arctic coast - 3 times a week in the summer months..
		The Dalton was originally closed to the public and used solely for the transportation of material and supplies between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay.
		The Dalton Highway also allows limited access to the Brooks Range, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
	www.alaskahostel.com /Fairbanks/DaltonHwy.htm (817 words)

	Dalton Highway, otherwise known as the Haul Road
		The James Dalton Highway is a 414-mile gravel road.
		It heads straight north from the Livengood turnoff of the Elliott Highway (which is 70 miles north of Fairbanks), through arctic tundra to the farthest north reaches of Alaska.
		Alyeska built the 360-mile haul road, now known as the Dalton Highway, from the Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay, for $150 million to supply the oil facilities on the North Slope.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /dalton-highway.htm (1163 words)

	Alaska Dalton Highway Pike, Grayling, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, Sheefish and Burbot Fisheries
		The Dalton Highway, also known as the North Slope Haul Road, extends from near Livengood on the Elliot Highway, 414 miles north to the Prudhoe Bay industrial area on the Arctic Ocean.
		Streams crossing the highway south of the Brooks Range Divide, and north of the Yukon River, primarily represent distant upstream tributaries of the Koyukuk River.
		Streams along the Dalton Highway have been fished regularly by anglers for more than 15 years since the construction phase of the trans-Alaska pipeline was completed in 1978.
	alaskaoutdoorjournal.com /Fishing/daltonfisheries.html (722 words)

	Peaks climbed along Dalton Highway, Alaska
		The BLM has a brochure on driving the Dalton Highway which may be obtained at the Fairbanks office.
		It is about one mile east of the Dalton Highway just south of the junction of the Bettles and Dietrich rivers at milepost 207.
		Head SE from the highway across a swampy low plain for about 1 1/4 miles to a low saddle just north of the small hill with elevation 2003 ft. shown on the map.
	www.peakbagging.com /DaltonHwy.html (1266 words)

	DenverPost.com - Rugged Dalton Highway is a pipeline to scenic wonders
		Of the five ways to experience the full Dalton Highway, built for the construction and servicing of the northern half of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, I rejected four.
		Dalton Highway Express' 15-passenger vans operate three days a week in each direction between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay ($290 round trip).
		If you prefer to drive independently, most car-rental firms prohibit taking their cars on the Dalton Highway, and violating the rental car agreement can be prohibitive.
	www.denverpost.com /travel/ci_0002739221 (1863 words)

	GORP - Dalton Highway
		The Dalton Highway is partially maintained by federal funds, and there is pressure to open the entire road to the public on a year-round basis.
		Even at the Dalton Highway bridge, hundreds and hundreds of miles from salt water in the Bering Sea, these are bright, shiny fish showing little evidence of the decay that usually begins when salmon enter fresh water.
		Most of the ground along the Dalton Highway is either tundra or muskeg, both of which are mostly vegetation susceptible to catching fire.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/fulcrum/ak_hwy3.htm (1581 words)

	Dalton Highway Recreational Mining Sites
		The Dalton Highway is the name for what was originally termed "The Haul Road" as it was constructed to haul equipment north for the construction of the Tran-Alaska Pipeline.
		The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area is closed to hunting except that big game, small game, and fur animals may be taken by bow and arrow.
		The use of any motorized vehicle off the highway is prohibited within 5 miles on either side of the Dalton Highway without prior written authorization.
	www.akmining.com /mine/dalton.htm (669 words)

	DOT and State of Alaska v. North Slope Borough and Tanana Chiefs (8/26/94), 879 P 2d 1009
		A substantial portion of the James Dalton Highway is located within the boundaries of the North Slope Borough (NSB).
		Judge Ripley found that 17 AAC 30.010-.070 restricted access to the Dalton Highway and that it was probable that those regulations could be repealed only in accordance with the procedures set forth in AS 44.62.60, 44.62.180 and 44.62.210.
		The NSB submitted affidavits supporting its claim of harm to governmental and natural resources if the Dalton Highway is opened to the general public without coordinated planning between involved departments of the state.
	www.touchngo.com /sp/html/sp-4116.htm (2579 words)

	Dalton Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mile 256 on the Dalton Highway, north of the Continental Divide in the Brooks Range.
		The highway, which directly parallels the pipeline, is one of the most isolated roads in the United States.
		The Dalton Highway should not be confused with the Dalton Trail, a trail in southeastern Alaska used by Tlingit and early gold prospectors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dalton_Highway (411 words)

	Explore the Dalton Highway - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The James Dalton Highway was built in 1974 to facilitate construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
		A 102-mile road running from the Dalton Highway across the Colville River to Nuiqsut is currently being engineered.
		Not everbody is in favour of tourists being able to use the Dalton Highway.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/roads/dalton.html (663 words)

	Dalton Highway, Alaska highways
		This 415 mile/667 km long public highway begins at mile 73 on the Elliott Highway and ends at Dead Horse a few miles from Prudhoe Bay, site of North America's largest oil discovery.
		The primary users of this state maintained highway are the oil companies so that most of the vehicles using it are large trucks.
		This is one of North America's most scenic and beautiful wilderness roads so I would not want to discourage you from taking it, however my advice would be to contact one of the tour companies who deal with it on a regular basis.
	www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/daltonhw.html (800 words)

	Wildernet - Dalton Highway Recreation Management Area
		The Dalton Area also includes an area set aside in 1971 to facilitate construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline and provide a route for future oil and gas pipeline systems.
		Running the length of this Corridor are the Dalton Highway (formerly known as the Haul Road) and the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.
		Attractions - In the southwest region of the Dalton Unit are the Ray Mountains extending 75 miles west from the Yukon River and ranging in elevation from 2,500 feet to 5,500 feet.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=US0700&CU_ID=1 (914 words)

	Sponsor Statement: Senate Bill 298 - Off-Road Vehicle Use on Dalton Highway
		Only one highway exists in that entire area - the James Dalton Highway - still referred to by many as the "haul road" to Prudhoe Bay.
		This law (AS 19.40.210) essentially prohibits access for average Alaskans to recreate on tens of millions of acres of public lands that would otherwise be open to their use.
		The Dalton Highway was first opened to public use during the Hickel administration.
	www.akrepublicans.org /seekins/23/spst/seek_sb298.php (781 words)

	Alaska Roads - Dalton Highway Photo Journey - Page 2 of 3
		Page 1 covers the southern end of the highway, from its beginning in Livengood to the Arctic Circle (mile 115), and also provides introductory information about the highway and this photo collection.
		One of the recently-paved segments of the Dalton Highway, between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot.
		The highway from here, at the turnoff to Coldfoot at mile 175 (self-proclaimed "northernmost truck stop in the world"), to Deadhorse just south of the Arctic Ocean, is the longest stretch of highway without travel services in North America.
	www.alaskaroads.com /photos-Dalton-Hwy-page2.htm (896 words)

	Fairbanks Daily News-Miner » Archive » Dalton Highway should be top priority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dalton Highway, commonly referred to as the Haul Road, is the road from the Elliott Highway near Livengood to the oil and gas fields at Prudhoe Bay.
		The Elliott Highway was gravel from the Chatanika River north.
		The Dalton Highway is not only a major economic artery, it is breathtakingly beautiful … but it is dangerous.
	newsminer.com /2006/11/04/3067 (873 words)

	Dalton Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Though the highway comes to within a few miles of the Arctic Ocean, beyond Deadhorse are private roads owned by oil companies, and public access is restricted.
		It is named for James Dalton, an Alaska-born engineer who supervised construction of the Distant Early Warning Line in Alaska and, as an expert in Arctic engineering, served as consultant in early oil exploration in northern Alaska.
		The highway and pipeline run generally parallel to each other; this segment is between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Dalton_Highway (421 words)

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