(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...
(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...
41-second, color with sound film clip. Jim O'Sullivan's campaign commercial for the State House in 1977. This commercial explains Mr. O'Sullivan's views on energy concerns.
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
A handwritten contemporary copy. Concerns appointment of young
Kamchadals to local cossack units and as clerics. Physical Description: 1p. File type: PDF 24 MB
Title from image. Full caption: One may be our new flag. Grace Traube, employee of one of the largest flag manufacturing concerns in the country, stands by two of the many designs proposed as the new American flag. President Eisenhower will...