A snow covered town in the vicinity of McCarthy, Alaska.
McCarthy, Alaska takes its name after a prospector named James McCarthy, and the nearby Kennicott Glacier is named for the early explorer Robert Kennicott. Both men were honored this...
A view of the Lindsay Hotel in Porcupine, Alaska, a two-story dormered log building. Jack and Sally Irene Cole Lindsay built the hotel in 1899 and operated it until it was destroyed by fire in 1907. This photograph is made available by the family...
African-American soldiers stand at attention on the Klondike Company's wharf in Dyea. Note from Karl Gurcke: They were (in Dyea) for a brief period of time (July 1899) before they were burned out by a forest fire and had to move to Skagway.
Front view of the Arctic Brotherhood Hall building in Skagway, Alaska. The building front is covered with driftwood. Signs on the building include: "A B [Arctic Brotherhood]," "Camp Skagway No. 1," and "1899" above the doorway. ca. 1925.
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
Man in boat checking on a restaurant surrounded by flood water, Valdez, Alaska, with two other log buildings. From verso: "Valdez, 1898 or 1899. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1898-1899.
May-August 1899 Physical descrip: 2 albums (277 photographic prints) : b&w ; 24 x 34 cm.
General Note: Photographs by Edward S. Curtis, E.H. Harriman, C. Hart Merriam, Grove Karl Gilbert, L.J.C., W.B.D., W.R.C., W.H.A., and R.R.-
Ms. (photocopy). Annotated with building identifications. "Copied from map U.S.C. and G. Survey 1899 and brought up to September, 1905, by Hampton M. Roach, Jr., Pvt. Co. L 3rd Infty., and brought up to June 1909 by Frank P. Tingley, Q.M.D....
Possibly the earliest of published maps of the Nome, Alaska, gold fields, consisting of 4 maps on one sheet. Published copy of hand drawn sketch maps complete with original misspellings, showing creeks and topography of the Cape Nome gold fields. ...
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Topography by W.S. Post." "J. Spurr, geologist in charge." "Map 3." "U.S. Geolgical Survey, report, public resolution no. 25, 55th Congress, 3d session."