Title from caption in album: "Aug 27 - Flume where I killed bear cubs". Photograph shows a river running through a valley. Tundra-covered mountains sit on the other side of the river.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 29 - Near head of branch where permanent camp located - sheep on mt. slope". Photograph shows the rocky slope of a mountain with rocks and bushes in the foreground.
(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...
(3:46 min) (19 of 19) Travel agency Started the first tour agency with Chuck West; called it the Arctic Alaska Travel Agency located in the Co-Op. Paul rented the travel agency's space from Cap Lathrop. He also opened an office in...
(4:46 min.) (06 of 24) 06 Other tasks Besides doing the cooking and cleaning, the steward was baker, butcher, nurse, waiter, and, on some trips, musician. Cargo handling included shipping the dead; some wouldn't touch the coffins. Was...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes indices to principle cities, Alaska and Yukon. Insets: [Western Aleutian Islands] -- Seward Peninsula -- Mt. McKinley District. Overprinted in red with locations of Alaskan railroads; with key. In...
46 second film clip, black & white/silent, of Fairbanks downtown during the 1967 flood. Seen in this film clip are Samson Hardware and the Imaculate Conception Church on the north bank and the Pastime Bar on the south side.
46 second, color with sound film clip. From title frame: "KTVF Collection, 10/23/72". Film shows Leonard Nimoy being interviewed about campaigning for presidential candidate George McGovern.
46 second, color/silent film clip. Clip shows scenes from the dock in Whitehorse, Yukon. Scenes include children, the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, barges, sternwheelers, and the docks.