It was the first thing that came to my mind. Fortunately, I got hold of my senses in time.
That’s where my father is buried. Come to think of it, he might have been in Fairbanks during the time period in question.
Silenus: at least you don’t pronounce Tanana like banana, like some people.
You’re right. I stand corrected. The earliest data I could find at the Census Bureau’s site was from 1960. Alaska’s website has US Census Bureau reports for 1880, 1910, 1940 and 1950.
I have a Hammond’s Complete World Atlas, copyright 1950, (or MCML as they printed it), that lists the Fairbanks population in the Index of Cities and Towns of the United States as 3,455. The notation at the beginning of that Index attributes the populations to the 1940 Federal Census.
Gah, I knew that, but getting old. The Chena Slough flowed behind where I lived, and I think went into the Tanana, which in turn flowed into the Yukon, did it not?
Correct. The Chena flooded badly in 1964, I believe, the year before I went up to Fairbanks. It flooded the whole downtown area, which at that time wasn’t all that big. Hell, Anchorage at that time was only about 65,000 (it’s now approaching 300,000).
I would call the Fairbanks Public Library - they should be good for census figures. Er… they do have a library there, don’t they?
They used to, but somebody stole the book.
I would just like to point out that between 1942 and 1945 the population might have gone up by a fair % due to the military and then back down after the war was over. Neither the 1940 or 1950 census would reflect this.
I think it was the student at the university.
'fess up. It was you, huh?
OK you’ve made me spit coffee on my monitor.
I don’t think anybody would have classified me as a “student”, at least not in my first semester, as that would have implied class attendance.
Here’s what you do,build a time machine,if you don’t have the time I will sale you one.Next,go back to 1945 do a head count,then come back to present day and BOOM…you’ve got your answer.
Good idea, but it will be easier to make up a number.
That is what I have done. Population was 3,562 people and 5,998 dogs. And 264,000,000,000 mosquitoes.
You’re low on the skeeters.
And you forgot the eleventy billion black flies.
Not really. I forgot to mention that is per cubic foot of air.
And those suckers are BIG. One landed on the air force runway and the ground crew pumped 10,000 gallons of jet fuel into it before discovering what it was.
And we could hijack this thread (as if it hs not already been) byt alking about how cold it was:
It was so cold the candle flames froze.
And when we talked, the words froze and fell to the ground. The only way to know what we ware saying was to pick them up and warm them up in a frying pan.
Etc.