| The "Train to Nowhere." It was
meant to connect gold mines 20 miles away with the coast. When the company
failed, the train was abandoned where it sat. The train is about 20 miles
east of Nome, just south of Solomon, a tiny native village that was much
bigger during the gold rush days at the turn of the century. |
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| Marilyn at the Train to Nowhere. |
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| A view looking north, near Solomon. |
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| The entire native village of Solomon. |
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| View near Safety Sound, about half way
between Nome and Solomon. |
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| Along both sides of the road between Nome
and Solomon are many Native "subsistence" cottages and summer
cottages of Nomites. These forlorn, weather-beaten buildings provide
fishing facilities and at least some place to go to get away from Nome. No
road systems connect Nome with any other city. The farthest you can drive
from Nome is about 75 miles, and that only in the summer. |
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