Editing Deltana, Alaska (section)

==History==
{{Cleanup section|date=November 2013|reason=this article is about the Deltana CDP, but the text describes the [[Delta Junction, Alaska|Delta Junction]] area in general, as follows: 1) McCarty is a part of the present-day [[Big Delta, Alaska|Big Delta]] CDP, very near [[Rika's Landing Roadhouse]];  2) Buffalo Center is the historic name for what is now Delta Junction.}}

In 1904, the [[U.S. Army Signal Corps]] built the McCarty Telegraph station on a site near a roadhouse established the previous year at the confluence of the Tanana and Delta rivers. The Chisana gold strike of 1913 brought many hopeful prospectors to the area. In the 1920s, many [[American Bison]] were brought to the area, and in 1927, the name was changed to Buffalo Center.

In 1942, five miles south of Deltana, [[Fort Greely]] was constructed. Beef cattle were shipped during the 1950s, and during the 1970s, the local economy was given another boost with the completion of the [[trans-Alaska pipeline]].

In 1980, {{convert|70,000|acre|km2}} of land were set aside as the Delta Bison Range to confine the bison and separate the expanding herd from local farmland.