"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...
"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,...
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman called Old Eliza with a log cabin in the background. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first morning, before...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Old Eliza walking in Stevens Village with a log building in the background. Narrative from photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first...
Title from caption. Photograph of a dog named Calamity Jane. Narrative in photo album reads: "In the lower corner is Mr. Shultz' pet and companion, 'Calamity Jane.' She was a husky and he raised her on a bottle. She fussed so much that he...
Title from caption. Photograph of a man and his two dogs standing outside of a tent. Both dogs seem interested in what Mr. Jackson is pouring out of his frying pan. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below is Jackson and his two dogs, 'Babe and...
Title from caption. Photograph of a man at a sewing machine outside a log building. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is John Dummy doing some repairing before starting on a hunting trip. His wife, the nice 'Old Eliza,' and he did not...
Title from caption. Photograph of the Whitehorse Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above: My shot from a distance of the rapids, named 'White Horse' because the foaming, leaping waters are artistically said to resemble leaping white...
Title from caption. Photograph of Dr. Hudgin seated in front of a tent. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right: Dr. Hudgin, a medical doctor who 30 years before was told in the East he had only a few months to live on account of...
Title from caption. Photograph of the eroded formations of Hell's Half Acre. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two views of a wonderful eroded formation known as Hell's Half Acre, I think in Wyoming. There is only one practicable entrance thru...
Title from caption. Photograph of the eroded formations of Hell's Half Acre. Narrative in photo album reads: "Two views of a wonderful eroded formation known as Hell's Half Acre, I think in Wyoming. There is only one practicable entrance thru...
(5:38 min.) (04 of 27) Early work history
Left Cordova to go to school at Alaska School of Mines and Agriculture (UAF). Took civil engineering courses. By the time he had graduated, the railroads had shut down and there were only jobs in...
(4:08 min) (16 of 27) Haul Road
Road built to get supplies to oil fields up north. Word from Juneau said to go ahead and build from Livengood to Yukon River.
(5:18 min) (17 of 27) Haul Road II
Bids to build from Yukon River north were too high so Juneau said go ahead and finish it. The crew got more equipment and people and fuel. The temperature dropped to -70 degrees. Juneau kept asking --...
(7:24 min) (01 of 19) Early years Born in small town in Illinois on a farm. Saw a tractor as a great improvement. His father said it was not going to be around too long. Couldn't agree with father on other things so took first opportunity...
Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...
Title taken from caption. "9359 -- (4) A permanent residence at St. Michaels is not a thing to be desired, particularly by persons of a sociable disposition, for the winters are long and dark and cold; for hundreds of miles in every direction...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "A pickup immersed by the waters off the point of Nyman's Peninsula aboard the Naval Station, Kodiak, forced two seamen, William D. Maule of Canoga Park, Calif., and Bruce Reid of Selah,...