The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32553   Message #429662
Posted By: Ebbie
30-Mar-01 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau April 7-13 2008
Subject: RE: Alaska Folk Festival, in Juneau
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
O'er land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

Spud, no problem- I think this is the complete song.

And yes, to the Fairbanks answer: Charles Fairbanks who was a senator from Indiana at the time, and who later became vice president under Teddy Roosevelt. The story goes that Judge James Wickersham who had his headquarters at Eagle City at the time ran into the founder of Barnettes Cache on board ship at St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon one day and told him that if he would rename his crossroads store's name to Fairbanks, he, the judge, would move his headquarters over there. The rest, as they say, is history.

Eb