North Slope · AK
Deadhorse
The oil camp at the end of the Dalton Highway.
- Permanent residents
- 25–50
- Oil found
- 1967
- From Fairbanks
- 495 miles
Then
- 1967
Oil is found at Prudhoe Bay.
- Late 1960s
The Dead Horse Haulers trucking company may have given the camp its name.
Now
Up to 3,000 workers pass through. There is no bar. This place covers Prudhoe Bay east to Point Thomson.
3 tide stations around Deadhorse
- Prudhoe Bay14.7 mi
- Point Thomson, Beaufort Sea51.8 mi
- Flaxman Island61.5 mi