Kern is a former settlement on the

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and a flagstop for the Alaska Railroad, about 71 miles (114 km) north of Seward, and 13 miles (21 km) east of Sunrise, Alaska. Kern was located near Kern Creek. In 1914 it was the end of the track of the Alaska Northern Railroad, after which it was purchased by the United States government. In the summer of 1911

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, Walter L. Fisher, visited Kern as part of an inspection tour. The April 1915 contract to build a line of railroad from Seward to Kern was entered into the ''

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'' of the

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. The cost of shipping

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to Kern and other intermediate stations along the Alaska Railroad was entered in the ''Congressional Record'' of the

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in regard to the

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for that session and 1938 Senate hearings.

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External links

Kern, Alaska on Ghosttowns.com
{{Coord, 60, 54, 25, N, 149, 04, 41, W, type:city_region:US-AK_source:GNIS-1423034, display=title Ghost towns in Alaska Populated places in Anchorage, Alaska