Title taken from front. View of Seward Dairy near mile 3, Seward Division, Alaska Engineering Commission Railway, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Also from front: "G A.E.C. 1115." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G1115. Oct....
Title taken from verso. View of cows grazing on dairy farm in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with barn and farmhouse in background. Also from verso: "Matanuska Valley." Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. 1920's? Original photograph size: 3 3/8"...
Title taken from front. View of dairy farm near mile 3, Alaska Railroad, Southcentral Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G807." An Alaskan Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number G807. 1917? Photographer: P.S. Hunt. Original photograph...
(7:24 min) (01 of 19) Early years Born in small town in Illinois on a farm. Saw a tractor as a great improvement. His father said it was not going to be around too long. Couldn't agree with father on other things so took first opportunity...
(4:03 min) (03 of 19) Young adult #2 Traveled north. Shucked corn and by the end he was averaging 95 bushels a day. Went back home and got a job with his brother-in-law on a dairy farm. Took a class to become a railroad fireman. Train...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Small school, approximately 12 miles from Petersburg, with one schoolroom below and teacher's living quarters above; in 1931, 16 students were enrolled. According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, "The community is composed of eight...