Archive for September 2025

The Alaska Oil & Gas Historical Society (AKOGHS) is proud to share that two of our board members will be presenting at the upcoming Alaska Historical Society Conference, taking place September 24–27, 2025 in Fairbanks. As part of Session 4: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Thursday, September 25, 2–3:30 p.m.), AKOGHS leaders will contribute their unique insights…

By Philip Wight Fifty years ago, Alaska experienced the biggest man-made earthquake in our history. The ground shook as heavy machinery forged a new road to the Arctic Ocean, hundreds of thousands of new people flooded into the state and tens of thousands of workers built an unprecedented pipeline system. In the words of former Gov.…