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Palmer: The Visitor Information Center and Palmer Museum are both in the same building, in downtown Palmer.
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Palmer: Alaska's largest agricultural fair -- "The Alaska State Fair" -- is held every August in Palmer.
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Palmer: A spur track of the Alaska Railroad came through Palmer, and brought coal from Chickaloon, on the Glenn Highway.
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Palmer: The Palmer Visitor Information Center is in a lovely log cabin.
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Palmer: Stop at the Visitor Information Center here, and in all Alaska's roadside communities.
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Palmer: The Colony Days Festival celebrates Palmer's history as an agricultural colony during the Depression years.
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Palmer: Regular "Friday Markets" in downtown Palmer offer locals and travelers alike a look at produce and Alaska goods.
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Palmer: Outdoor markets are very popular in Palmer, Alaska.
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Palmer: Bluegrass musicians play for the public at a Friday Market in Palmer.
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Palmer: This town, at the entrance of the northern Glenn Highway, offers information about roadside Alaska.
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Palmer: The people of Chickaloon lived here first. Fine Athabascan leatherwork, beadwork, birchbark baskets & tools are on display at the Palmer Museum.
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Palmer: Visitors check out things to do in Palmer. They're in the yard of the Palmer Museum & Visitor Center.
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Palmer: Colonists who came to Palmer in the 1930's to make a new life were given a house choice. This is one of them.
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Palmer: The "after" version of a colonist's house -- after it was refurbished and made into a museum.
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Palmer: The Musk Ox Farm north of Palmer shows visitors Ice Age mammals with fine quality fur.