See the numbers on the photo: 1. Tishu (Stokes) Ulen; 2. Nellie McNeal "Little Nellie ... she stayed for the summer with us." 3. Jay ?; 4. Madame Melbourne; 5. Mrs. Brown; 6....
Frank and Dora Tobuk in front of their house in Bettles in 1978. Photo by Curt Madison. It appears on the back of Frank's biography by Curt Madison and Yvonne Yarber written...
(4:15 min) (19 of 27) Haul Road -- Bettles
Once they made it to Bettles they had to refit equipment. There was too much wind north of Bettles, canvas was okay for a while but had to build with more substantial metal and wood. Snow ramps to...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Bella, Bettles Chief Ivan of Coschaket. [The Chief was one of the head council during the Tanana Chiefs Conference (first conference of Native land rights, held on July 5, 1915). See UAF-1989-166-384,...
Title from verso. "By James L. Anderson photo Bettles, Alaska yr. Photo [reproduced] by Jerome Lardy June 1979. Kay J. Kennedy P.O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708."
Title from verso. "Job in Bettles, 1962 Al Blackett." A color photograph of a camping area with a tent and various metal canisters and other cooking utensils scattered in front of the tent. Three men wearing work clothes and hard hats are seen...
Title by indexer. "Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Airplane Service Fairbanks, Alaska Chas. L. Thompson, Mgr. Passenger and express rates--1928." This card lists the destinations (to and from Fairbanks) and prices for the Bennett-Rodenbaugh...
Winter view of buildings at Bettles Field, Alaska, with sign at right and truck at left. 1950-1965? Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
View of welcome sign at Bettles Field, Alaska. Sign reads: "Welcome to Bettles Field, Alaska. 66 [degrees]-54' N. 151 [degrees]-31' W. 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population 51. Elevation 665'. Lowest recorded temp[erature] Jan. 1947 -65...
Title taken from verso. Airline pilots and others outside Wien Alaska Airlines lodge in Bettles, Alaska, with laundry on line at left and fuel storage tank at right. Sign on building reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines." Sign on bench reads: "Courtesy of...
Title taken from verso. View of Caterpillar vehicles and trucks in Anaktuvuk Pass enroute from Bettles, Alaska to Happy Valley pipeline construction camp during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon....
Title taken from verso. View of crew with construction machinery making road through Anaktuvuk Pass in Brooks Range in Northern Alaska for travel between Bettles and Franklin Bluffs during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 30, 1974....
Title taken from verso. View of trucks with materials bound for Bettles and Prospect Creek Camp on ice road (also known as Hickel Highway) during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Also from verso: "Material enroute to Bettles...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of trucks heading up frozen John River from Bettles before completion of Haul Road in Interior Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 29, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original...