Will Rogers and Wiley Post Monument (Monument, Alaska)

USA / Alaska / Barrow / Monument, Alaska

memorial, crash site, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

Site of the 15 August 1935 plane crash which killed noted humorist and movie star Will Rogers and his pilot, Wiley Post. Since there are no roads to this location, a more accessible monument was erected in Barrow. The crash site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Info & Photos:
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/rps.htm
articles.latimes.com/1985-08-15/news/mn-1614_1_rogers

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers-Post_Site

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Coordinates: 71°9'16"N 157°3'46"W

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