(4:17 min) (08 of 20) Nome was different--seasonal office--King Islanders--Larger territory--lighterage companies--Hireing longshoremen--Lomen Comercial Co.--ship fire--insurance--general average agreements
(4:23 min.) (17 of 20) Shismaref/ cargo unloading-piece hauling problems with fixed tariff--Umiaks with outboard motors--unloading a pick-up truck--George Goshaw--published tariff easy to undercut and regulations on general carriers
(4:50 min) (16 of 19) Popularity of road travel Was able to work on 35 cars at a time. Traveled to Detroit for a General Motors dealers' convention. Visited family before returning to Alaska. Met, courted and married his wife, Miss Flora...
(6:33 min.) (05 of 12) Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two...
(7:12 min.) (09 of 20) Travel in Nome area--Alaska Steam and its reputation--1952/53 winter spring--Move to Seattle--Tariffs and freight rates--ICC Interstate Commerce Commission--Mr. J. D. Nelson--assistant general traffic manager--Train/ship...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...