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Author : Rolfe G. Buzzell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A History of the Skagway River written by Rolfe G. Buzzell and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Preliminary Examination of Skagway River in Vicinity of Skagway, Alaska. February 4, 1937. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Preliminary Examination of Skagway River in Vicinity of Skagway, Alaska written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roy Minter
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ISBN 13 : 9780912006338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The White Pass written by Roy Minter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the thousands they came, the gold-seekers of 1897, pouring through Alaska's White and Chilkoot passes on their way to the Klondike and to fortune. Fast behind them came the entrepreneurs, the bunco artists, and before long, the engineers and financiers whose driving ambition was to build a railway through the White Pass's rocky precipices. This is the epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms and thaw-time muck, carving the grade and laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed, promoted, and finally built the White Pass and Yukon Railway.
Author : Stan Cohen
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ISBN 13 : 9780933126480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Gold Rush Gateway, Skagway and Dyea, Alaska written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated at the head of Lynn Canal are two sites of much importance to the history of the Kondike Gold Rush, one of the greatest adventures North America has known. At the mounth of the Taiya River is the abandoned site of Dyea, once the gateway to the Chilkoot Trail and the water route to the interior of the Yukon. Four miles to the southeast of Dyea, at the mouth of the Skagway River, lies the other major gateway to the goldfields by way of the White Pass Trail�Skagway. The early history of these two towns in interrelated but today they are vastly different. Dyea has gone the way of the gold rush towns of the late 2800s and early 1900s�it has crumbled to the dust from which it sprang in 1897. Skagway has fared better, and along with Dawson City and a few other remains, it represents the last vestiges of the gold rush.
Author : Kris Valencia
Publisher : Morris Communications Company
ISBN 13 : 9781892154217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (542 download)
Download or read book The Milepost written by Kris Valencia and published by Morris Communications Company. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.
Author : Historic Sites Survey (U.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Alaska History, 1741-1910 written by Historic Sites Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Holder Spude
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Archeological Investigations in Skagway, Alaska: The Mill Creek Dump and the Peniel Mission, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park written by Catherine Holder Spude and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Preliminary Examination of Skagway River in Vicinity of Skagway, Alaska written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stan Sauerwein
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781554390113
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Soapy Smith written by Stan Sauerwein and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1897, the Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands of hopeful prospectors to the North. With them came many scoundrels and swindlers who were willing to do whatever it took to separate unsuspecting targets from their hard-earned cash. No swindler was more successful at his craft than Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, who ruled Skagway, Alaska with a quick hand and a scheming mind. This book explores his most outrageous escapades.
Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Alaska District
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Review of Report Skagway River and Harbor, Skagway, Alaska written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Alaska District and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William E. Simeone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Alaskan Athapaskans written by William E. Simeone and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A history of Alaskan Athapaskans is a work which fills a gap in information about Athapaskans in Alaska, their culture, and their history. The book is divided into two parts: a description of Athapaskan culture as it was about the early to middle nineteenth century, and a historical narrative. This is a fascinating and informative book, useful for both scholar and lay person"--Back cover.
Author : Julie Johnson
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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book A Wild Discouraging Mess written by Julie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Virtue
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476600392
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway written by John Virtue and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments deployed outside the lower 48 states during the war. The enlisted men, most of them from the South, faced racial discrimination from white officers, were barred from entering any towns for fear they would procreate a "mongrel" race with local women, and endured winter conditions they had never experienced before. Despite this, they won praise for their dedication and their work. Congress in 2005 said that the wartime service of the four regiments covered here contributed to the eventual desegregation of the Armed Forces.
Author : John J. Michalik
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476643253
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 written by John J. Michalik and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1899, one of America's wealthiest men assembled an interdisciplinary team of experts--many of whom would become legendary in their fields--to join him, entirely at his expense, on a voyage to the largely unknown territory of Alaska. The Harriman Expedition remains unparalleled in its conception and execution. This book follows the team closely: where they went, what they did, and what they learned--including finding early evidence of glacial retreat, assessing the nature and future of Alaska's natural resources, making important scientific discoveries, and collecting an astonishing collection of specimens. A second thread involves the lives and accomplishments of the members of the party, weaving biographical strands into the narrative of the journey and the personal experiences they shared. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly treatment of the Harriman Alaska Expedition since the 1980s. It features the diaries, letters home, and post-Expedition writings, including unpublished autobiographies, generated by the members of the party.
Author : Catherine Holder Spude
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806188200
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book "That Fiend in Hell" written by Catherine Holder Spude and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Klondike gold rush peaked in spring 1898, adventurers and gamblers rubbed shoulders with town-builders and gold-panners in Skagway, Alaska. The flow of riches lured confidence men, too—among them Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith (1860–98), who with an entourage of “bunco-men” conned and robbed the stampeders. Soapy, though, a common enough criminal, would go down in legend as the Robin Hood of Alaska, the “uncrowned king of Skagway,” remembered for his charm and generosity, even for calming a lynch mob. When the Fourth of July was celebrated in ’98, he supposedly led the parade. Then, a few days later, he was dead, killed in a shootout over a card game. With Smith’s death, Skagway rid itself of crime forever. Or at least, so the story goes. Journalists immediately cast him as a martyr whose death redeemed a violent town. In fact, he was just a petty criminal and card shark, as Catherine Holder Spude proves definitively in “That Fiend in Hell”: Soapy Smith in Legend, a tour de force of historical debunking that documents Smith’s elevation to western hero. In sorting out the facts about this man and his death from fiction, Spude concludes that the actual Soapy was not the legendary “boss of Skagway,” nor was he killed by Frank Reid, as early historians supposed. She shows that even eyewitnesses who knew the truth later changed their stories to fit the myth. But why? Tracking down some hundred retellings of the Soapy Smith story, Spude traces the efforts of Skagway’s boosters to reinforce a morality tale at the expense of a complex story of town-building and government formation. The idea that Smith’s death had made a lawless town safe served Skagway’s economic interests. Spude’s engaging deconstruction of Soapy’s story models deep research and skepticism crucial to understanding the history of the American frontier.
Author : Becky M. Saleeby
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Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Beneath the Surface written by Becky M. Saleeby and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
