Title taken from verso. Verso: Officials of CR&NW RR before they are identified in "The Copper Spike." Front row (l. to r.): James English, track superintendent; J.R. Van Cleve, master mechanic; Sam Murchison, superintendent of construction;...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Title from caption. The caption: "P.J. Rickert Fairbanks, Alaska" can be seen at the bottom of the photo. Photograph shows a field with vegetable crops planted in it. A small building (shed?) sits in the middle of the field, and a...
(6:42 min) (11 of 19) First jobs in Fairbanks W. F. Thompson, editor of the News Miner, interviewed them about the trip Sept 1, 1923. Rented cabin from Pete Steele. Went to church and got a job the next day. Got a job with the N. C. Co. ...