(2:57 min) (10 of 19) Driving the Richardson Road #2 Thompson Pass too steep; had to be pulled; didn't have fuel pumps back then. 7 days to Fairbanks. Stopped at the News Miner offices and Pete Steele's Grocery.
(4:06 min) (21 of 27) Haul Road -- Anuktuvuk Pass vs. Detrich Pass
There was some uncertainty as to whether or not trucks could make it over the Detrich Pass. Winter Road only used for two years.
(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...
(5:47 min.) (12 of 24) 12 Steward's duties
John explained how the Steward resupplied in port. Chief steward's responsibilities included personnel matters; alcoholism was sometimes a problem. Steward had to make out the requisitions and...
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...
Images include depot and town of Anchorage, depot and town of Wasilla, Curry and Curry Hotel, pet caribou, bridge over Hurricane Gulch, and Broad Pass.
2 minute, 29 second film clip, black & white/silent.
Images include railroad station in Skagway, travel from Skagway to Whitehorse on White Pass and Yukon Railway, White Pass, passengers, police, and views of White Horse.
26 sec, black & white/silent film clip. Narrated film about traveling the "Great Circle Route" of travel through Alaska and Canada. Images include locomotive on the dock at Whitehorse.