(3:24 min.) (24 of 24) 24 Barge runs Barges were difficult to bring into port, had to judge waves and tides just right. On one trip to Unalakleet, men, women and children off-loaded supplies. In the 1940's the people of Unalakleet wanted...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
(6:47 min) (24 of 28) 24. DC-3 training
George met a Pan Am Clipper pilot who set him up for training at LaGuardia Airport. He was leasing a Pan Am DC-3 but the corporate heads cancelled the deal. Bill Conrad was the instructor George went...
Title taken from caption. Group of children making flowers arrangements at tables during workshop sponsored by Anchorage Garden Club in Anchorage, Alaska. July 24, 1973. Original photograph size: 3 1/4" x 3 1/4".
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp of Moose Creek, Alaska, with workers laying steel tracks. From front: "A.E.C. G41." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G41. Aug. 24,...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction camp, Matanuska Junction, Alaska, with railroad depot under construction. From front: "A.E.C. G44. Depot under construction in foreground." An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction workers laying track along mile 234, Southcentral Alaska, with railroad car in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1408." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View of smoke from Alaska Engineering Commission Railway construction in the distance, looking down railroad tracks at mile 234, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1407." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View of harbor and docks at mouth of Ship Creek on Knik Arm, Anchorage, Alaska, with houses in foreground and bridge in center of photo. Also from front: "A.E.C. G1935." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. View of new Alaska Railroad carpenter and machine shop during construction, with construction workers on roof at right and railroad passenger car at left below. Also from front: "A.E.C. G2045." An Alaska Engineering...
Title taken from front. View of railroad construction site at mile 438 in Interior Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 69. July 24, 1919. Original photograph size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of railroad construction site at mile 438 in Interior Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 68. July 24, 1919. Original photograph size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission construction site at mile 280 of Alaska Northern Railway in Southcentral Alaska, with construction worker at right and others in background. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1565." An Alaska...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission construction camp at mile 274 of Alaska Northern Railway construction in Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1564." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad construction camp during construction of Alaska Northern Railway in Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G-1566." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Northern Railway car and crowds of people, Seward Alaska. From verso: "Mrs. Silverman is the one in the "hat" [shows drawing of tall, somewhat pointed hat, which places Mrs. Silverman just left of center in...
Title taken from front. Picnic goers posing on a log and plank bridge, Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Taken at Seward. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." July 24, 1913. Photographer: L.N.G. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
(3:46 min) (24 of 27) Road planning and obstacles
Mining drove some of the road planning, but ease was a factor as well. Kennecott and Anaconda Mines were reasons to try and reach Nome. Native Claims Act put lots of right-of-way issues in...