From verso: "Copper Center, Alaska. Copper Center Roadhouse. 102 miles north of Valdez on the Richardson Highway. On this historic site, "Blix's Roadhouse" served the gold seekers during the Gold Rush 1897-1898. There has been a roadhouse here...
George Glass and his seventeen year old son Ophir, stand with their sled dog teams at the Pass Creek Roadhouse at Rainy Pass. The roadhouse was owned by the Anderson brothers at the time. A magazine article by Irving Reed...
Title taken from caption. A view of horse drawn sleds parked in front of the Gulkana (Kulkana) Roadhouse. A woman in fur coat and hat stands at right, by the building labeled "Saloon". Signs on the roadhouse read: "Gulkana Road House",...
Six men pose for this photograph in front of Clough's Roadhouse in McGrath. George and his seventeen year old son Ophir are the two on the left and Irving Reed is third from the right. Irving Reed and the two Glasses...
George Glass and his seventeen year old son Ophir with Irving Reed (center) pose for this photograph at the Skwentna Roadhouse. Skwenta Crossing, is where the Iditarod Trail crossed the Skwentna River. Reed wrote in a...
Front view of Copper Center Roadhouse with two cars parked outside and smaller buildings located to the left. Large sign in image: Copper Center. Photo shows four dormers, two in front and two on the side of the...
Group of people are standing outside of the Beaver Dam Roadhouse, 42 mile Richardson Road. Identified in this photograph are: Elsie (nee Hamburger) Kittridge, the small child holding womans hand, Mrs Isaac Hamburger identified as mother on far...
Title taken from caption on Album. "The Sullivan Road House." This Roadhouse was built in 1905, by John and Florence Sullivan, and is located in Delta Junction. Today, the Sullivan Roadhouse has been converted into a Historical Museum and is...
Title taken from caption. Group photo of soldiers in uniform, woman, and dog in front of Eureka Roadhouse in Southcentral Alaska. Signs in photo read: "Meals, beer wine, Eureka Roadhouse, gas oil, cabins" and "Coca Cola." ca. 1945. Original...
Eureka Roadhouse on the Glenn Highway. Sign says: "Eureka Roadhouse Meals Lunches Gas - Oil". From verso: "Eureka Road House" and "Donor: Dorothy Zappen". n.d. Original photograph size: 2 1/8" x 4 1/2".
Exterior view of buildings at Eureka Roadhouse on Glenn Highway between Palmer and Glennallen, Alaska. 1945. From verso: "Eureka Roadhouse, c1945." Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Irving Reed, in front, with George and Ophir Glass on either side of him, pose with "French Joe" (Joe Blanchell), who is holding the rifle. Three dog teams with sleds are visible. French Joe's was also known as the Rohn...
Front, exterior vew of a log building with a woman at the doorway, and a man to her left. Young boy seen inside, sitting at the window. Sign in image: Eureka Roadhouse. Meals. Lunches. Gas-Oil.
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows loaded up sleds being pulled by horses and pack mules. A few men are standing near them. They appear to be at a roadhouse with a sign on it that reads "The Dam" and another sign in front reading "Beaver...