"Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Norwood on the Glacier Queen at Skagway, Alaska on my return jaunt to my old stamping ground in August, 1962. Mrs Norwood is wearing one of the beaded jackets, along with other native made articles donated to the University...
"Norwood operating the 'giant', Meilandt watching. The spring of 1918 on Jack Wade Creek, in the Forty Mile country. Jimmy Morris one of the miners that I first met there, said these true words 'Mr. Norwood, this gold mining is allright, but,...
"Thompson with oar, Larson rowing, Norwood taking it easy. A memorable trip, in a small boat, following the ice breakup on the Yukon River. Lake LaBarge was still frozen we pulled the boat on a crude sled over the ice. We were commanded by the...
"My cold weather outfit. Beaver cap, Caribou coat, moose hide fur trimmed mittens, woolen pants, moosehide moccasins and on the snowshoes made for me by Sarah Bob one of the Ketchumstuk tribe squaws of the Forty Mile Indians. These snow shoes are...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man and an older woman standing in front of an airplane. Another man appear to be working on the airplane. The man appears to be Joe Crosson and the woman appears to be Nellie Ross Norwood. They are...
"Ott and Scheele owned the Northern Commercial Co. store at Eagle, Alaska. Having purchased it when the Northern Commercial Co. discontinued their Eagle Trading Co store at the left of the picture, he dealt mostly with the natives. The building at...
"Ott and Scheele' placer mine headquarters on Crooked Creek, a tributary of the 70 Mile River, it in turn being a tributary of the mighty Yukon River." Panoramic photograph of mining headquarters.
"The hydraulic operation at Crooked Creek under full working head in the spring run of water. It was quite a show. Like most of the operations it was always too little water to operate the 'giants' and too darn much gravel mixed with the gold." ...
"Hand operated steel cable ferry, constructed by O. & S. to span the 70 Mile River when the waters were too high for fording. It was located at a point called 'Nimrod Bar.' Nimrod worked for O. & S. at Crooked Creek, but had also worked his own...
"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...
"A view of the rough country at the head of the 70 Mile River, running into the Yukon, below Eagle. The Ott and Scheele partners had a placer mining show developed on Crooked Creek, a tributatry of the 70 Mile." Panoramic photograph of the rough...
"Calico Bluff, varigated stratas of rock in a huge bluff along the river below Eagle, Alaska." Panoramic photograph of Calico Bluff along the Yukon River.
"Jack got a good snap of a cow moose one day above the camp. They were a common sight on most of the creeks. Sometimes a dozen could be seen on short trips up and down the creeks."
"Rabbits were a welcome addition at times to the fare. Although my choice always was moose steaks." Panoramic photograph of a brace of sixteen winter furred snowshoe hare.
"The river steamer Yukon, with barge, bringing supplies for Ott and Scheel at Eagle, Alaska. June 4th 1928. You can be sure all the residents able to walk were down there to welcome her. The huge rock bluff called Chutatutla in the background." ...
"The John Scheele' home at Eagle, Alaska. Many of the perishables sold in the trading post, down on the water front were stored in the basement here to be sure they would not freeze, and be ruined." A panoramic view of John Scheele's home.
"Mrs. John Scheele with the Biederman children, (Horace and Nelly) taking a four dog power sled ride, along the Yukon river, above Eagle. Biederman carried the mail, via dog sled, from Eagle to Circle, following...