The Early Fairbanks History of the
Midnight Sun Baseball Classic

Tradition Established in 1906 in Fairbanks, Alaska

Until the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks adopted the "baseball at midnight" tradition in 1960, the event was hosted by a wide variety of town teams.  The stability afforded by the Goldpanners organizational longevity tends to obscure the rootin' tootin' past of this world famous Baseball tradition in Fairbanks, where the game would only survive if local men revived it from the deep slumber of each winter.

For the history of the Alaska Goldpanners' version of the tradition, visit http://www.goldpanners.com ; otherwise, navigate below to witness where the Great American Gold Rush rabble settled, where a World War was brought to Alaskans on their soil, and the grand North of the Range "Midnight Sun Baseball League".