How did Fairbanks get its name?
First known as "Barnette's Cache," the name was changed in 1902 to honor Charles Warren Fairbanks, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and later Vice-President under Theodore Roosevelt. Sen. Fairbanks was also the political patron of Judge James Wickersham who suggested the name to E.T. Barnette, the city founder.
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