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Denali Borough
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Colleen,
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Communities [population in brackets]: |
| Anderson |
Cantwell |
| Ferry |
Healy |
| McKinley Park |
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Denali Borough lies in Interior Alaska, between
the Fairbanks North Star and Mat-Su Boroughs. Seventy percent of the Borough is
the Denali National Park, home to 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, the highest
mountain in North America.
The earliest inhabitants were nomadic Indians
who fished, trapped and hunted through the Interior. The first non-Native
settlers were miners, who established a camp at Hoseanna Creek near Healy (later
known as Lignite Creek) prior to 1902. Formation of the Denali National Park in
1917 and construction of the Alaska Railroad brought additional settlers to the
area in the early 1920s. Coal mining began in the area in 1922. Clear Air Force
Base, the Usibelli Coal Mine and tourism at the Denali Park have brought growth
and development. The Borough was incorporated in December 1990.
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