(9:56 min.) (06 of 09)
River conditions
villages; Galena; Fairbanks; hauled horses; north slope; big wheels; Yukon River bridge; couldn't get passed rapids; pushed it over; Lyndon transport; rapids downstream; fast; Rampart; advertising; Bush...
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...
2 maps on one sheet. Shows present-day Angoon area and Kootznahoo Inlet on the west coast of Admiralty Island and present-day Wrangell Harbor. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "From a sketch by G. Davidson,...
Note: "Canyon" is a misnomer; the name Abercrombie was later attached to the rapids near Copper River's entrance to Miles Lake Photographer's number 550
One minute 57 second, black & white/silent film clip.
Images include traveling from Cordova on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway with scenes of the two million dollar bridge, Miles and Childs Glaciers, Abercrombie Rapids on the...
Photograph of an old road of [18]98 from above canyon to below Whitehorse Rapids. In the lower left of the photograph is an impression of a message that states "shoot peters ammunition."
Portion of map missing. Shows rivers, mountains, rapids, mountain ranges. Includes notes on topography and river characteristics. Relief shown by hill shading, form lines and spot heights.
Sketch of three people running rapids in a long narrow boat Note: Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950) was an artist, a writer, a photographer, and an experienced woodsman. Harper's Weekly sent Tappan Adney to the Klondike in the summer of 1897