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Skagway, City of the New Century

Author : Jeff Brady
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780945284093
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Skagway, City of the New Century written by Jeff Brady and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shgagwai, as it was first called centuries before by the Tlingit for the “bunched up water” in its bay caused by strong winds, was “discovered” in 1887 by a father and son with visions of a gateway port to the riches of the Yukon and Alaska. Ten years later, after the discovery of gold in the Klondike, their vision came true with the arrival of prospectors from all over the world. The towns of Skaguay and nearby rival Dyea boomed. Each had multiple newspapers which chronicled the stampede and the competition between the White and Chilkoot passes, but Skagway would win the war with the construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway and settle on a way to spell its name. The community has survived smaller booms and busts since, but remains a vital tourism and industrial port as the Gateway to the Klondike. In 1898 editors called Skagway the “City of the New Century.” In this book of stories and photographs, the rich history of this area and its people is chronicled through that new century, and into the next.

The Queen of Heartbreak Trail

Author : Eleanor Phillips Brackbill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493019147
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Queen of Heartbreak Trail written by Eleanor Phillips Brackbill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Harriet Smith Pullen’s early life, from her childhood journeys by covered wagon to her family’s subsistence in sod houses on the Dakota prairie where they survived grasshopper plagues, floods, fires, blizzards, and droughts is a narrative of American migration and adventure that still resonates today. But there is much more to the legendary woman’s life, revealed here for the first time by Eleanor Phillips Brackbill, her great-granddaughter, who has traveled the path of her ancestor, delving into unpublished material, as well as sharing family stories in this American story that will capture the imagination of a new generation. After migrating by emigrant train to Washington Territory, Harriet endured typhoid fever and a shipwreck, then homesteaded among the Quileute people on the coast of Washington, where she married Dan Pullen, with whom she was an equal partner in ranching and managing an Indian fur-trading post before a life-changing series of events caused her to strike out for the north. In 1897, she landed in Skagway, Alaska, broke and alone after leaving her husband and four children in Washington, determined to make a fresh start and to reunite with her sons and daughter. Newly independent and empowered, she became an entrepreneur, single-handedly hauling prospectors’ provisions into the mountains where gold beckoned and then starting the Pullen House, an acclaimed hotel. Later in life, Harriet would entertain her guests with fabulous stories about the gold rush and her renowned collection of Alaskan Native artifacts and gold rush relics. She achieved near-legendary status in Alaska during her lifetime and The Queen of Heartbreak Trail brings to life moments that are well known and moments that have never before been published—her arrest for holding a claim jumper at gunpoint, her grueling courtroom testimony defending herself against the spurious accusations of a malevolent employer, and, how, in her father’s words, she “turned out” her husband of twenty years.

We Fought the Road

Author : Christine McClure
Publisher : Epicenter Press
ISBN 13 : 1935347888
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book We Fought the Road written by Christine McClure and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war front by many of their white commanding officers. Their task--which required punching through wilderness on a route blocked by the Rocky Mountains and deadly permafrost during the worst winter on record--has been likened to the building of the Panama Canal. Unlike most accounts that focus on the road's military planners, We Fought the Road is boots-on-the-ground and often personal, based in part on letters from the "Three Cent Romance," the successful courtship via mail discovered in the authors' family papers

Skagway, District of Alaska, 1884-1912

Author : Robert L. S. Spude
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Skagway, District of Alaska, 1884-1912 written by Robert L. S. Spude and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical and preservation data on the Skagway Historic District compiled for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the people of Skagway.

Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska

Author : Brian G. Shellum
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496228863
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska written by Brian G. Shellum and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike gold rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy, the U.S. Army stationed Company L, a unit of Buffalo Soldiers, there near the end of the gold rush. Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska tells the story of these African American soldiers who kept the peace during a volatile period in America's resource-rich North. It is a fascinating tale that features white officers and Black soldiers safeguarding U.S. territory, supporting the civil authorities, protecting Native Americans, fighting natural disasters, and serving proudly in America's last frontier. Despite the discipline and contributions of soldiers who served honorably, Skagway exhibited the era's persistent racism and maintained a clear color line. However, these Black Regulars carried out their complex and sometimes contradictory mission with a combination of professionalism and restraint that earned the grudging respect of the independently minded citizens of Alaska. The company used the popular sport of baseball to connect with the white citizens of Skagway and in the process gained some measure of acceptance. Though the soldiers left little trace in Skagway, a few remained after their enlistments and achieved success and recognition after settling in other parts of Alaska.

New Century Reference Library of the World's Most Important Knowledge

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book New Century Reference Library of the World's Most Important Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eliza Waite

Author : Ashley E. Sweeney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631520598
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Eliza Waite written by Ashley E. Sweeney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Nancy Pearl Book Award After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. When Eliza arrives in Skagway, Alaska, she has less than fifty dollars to her name and not a friend in the world—but with some savvy, and with the help of some unsavory characters, Eliza opens a successful bakery on Skagway’s main street and befriends a madam at a neighboring bordello. Occupying this space—a place somewhere between traditional and nontraditional feminine roles—Eliza awakens emotionally and sexually. But when an unprincipled man from her past turns up in Skagway, Eliza is fearful that she will be unable to conceal her identity and move forward with her new life. Using Gold Rush history, diary entries, and authentic pioneer recipes, Eliza Waite transports readers to the sights sounds, smells, and tastes of a raucous and fleeting era of American history.

Spirits of Southeast Alaska

Author : James P. Devereaux
Publisher : Epicenter Press
ISBN 13 : 193534773X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Spirits of Southeast Alaska written by James P. Devereaux and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghostly footsteps and flickering lights, a silhouette in the window of an abandoned building, a restless presence at the scene of a sunken ship, spectral wails and poltergeist theft of office supplies, mythical Native American legends, and other paranormal happenings scattered across the Alaskan panhandle come together in Spirits of Southeast Alaska, a grand adventure into the historical hauntings of the southeastern corner of the Last Frontier. Author James P. Devereaux lived in Alaska for years, working as an archaeologist. Inspired by ghost stories as a child, and by accounts of Alaskan residents of paranormal phenomena in the area, he set out to collect both the ghost stories of Southeast Alaska and their history.

New Century Encyclopedia and Dictionary

Author : Leo de Colange
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book New Century Encyclopedia and Dictionary written by Leo de Colange and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"That Fiend in Hell"

Author : Catherine Holder Spude
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806188200
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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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.

Preliminary Research Findings from a Study of the Sociocultural Effects of Tourism in Haines, Alaska

Author : Lee K. Cerveny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Preliminary Research Findings from a Study of the Sociocultural Effects of Tourism in Haines, Alaska written by Lee K. Cerveny and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report examines the growth and development of the tourism industry in Haines, Alaska, and its effects on community life and land use. It also describes the development of cruise-based tourism and its relation to shifts in local social and economic structures and patterns of land use, especially local recreation use trends. A multisited ethnographic approach was used featuring participant observation and in-depth interviews with local residents, cruise line industry personnel, and visitors to southeast Alaska. Results show that tourism brings both positive and negative changes to Alaska communities. Data from this report can assist Forest Service planners to identify factors involved in the relation between tourism growth and community well-being. It also may assist small southeast Alaska communities in decisionmaking related to tourism development

The New Century Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Hulbert G. Emery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 956 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The New Century Dictionary of the English Language written by Hulbert G. Emery and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Technical Report PNW-GTR

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book General Technical Report PNW-GTR written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Age

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The New Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buffalo Soldiers in California

Author : Brian G. Shellum
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496239911
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Buffalo Soldiers in California written by Brian G. Shellum and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2024-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian G. Shellum follows the experiences of Captain Charles Young and the Ninth Cavalry in California, from life at the Presidio of San Francisco to summers patrolling Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks to missions training with the California National Guard.

Wealth Woman

Author : Deb Vanasse
Publisher : Running Fox Books
ISBN 13 : 1940320909
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Wealth Woman written by Deb Vanasse and published by Running Fox Books. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A very enjoyable biography of a woman on the cusp of change in the North. Recommended." Choice “Beautifully written biography…much to learn, enjoy, and recommend in this book.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly “A riveting story told by a brilliant writer.” Pacific Historical Review The never-before-told story of Kate Carmack, whose resilience and survival made gold rush history Headlines shouted the discovery of a century—Gold! Gold! Gold! With pluck and grit, Tagish Indian Kate Carmack was at the center of it all. Raised in the ways of her people, Kate married a white man who took credit for finding the first Klondike gold. But Kate was there, and she knew the truth. In the frenzied aftermath of the gold rush, Kate’s husband took her away from everything she knew. Then he abandoned her. Defiant, she fought for the wealth that was rightfully hers, only to discover the real wealth that was hers all along. Hidden history that reads like a novel, Wealth Woman celebrates the triumph of spirit in the face of adversity. If you loved Empire of the Summer Moon and The Woman They Could Not Silence, you’ll love Wealth Woman. A True West Best Biography pick.

Archeological Investigations in Skagway, Alaska: Excavations at the Pantheon Saloon Complex

Author : Catherine Holder Spude
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Archeological Investigations in Skagway, Alaska: Excavations at the Pantheon Saloon Complex written by Catherine Holder Spude and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: