Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Title taken from caption. Photographic postcard of unidentified woman and Patsy Henderson (Yukon lecturer and one of the first to find gold in Yukon Territory) wearing Native clothing in Yukon Territory, Canada. 1920's. Original photograph size: 3...
Drawing of a cabin in the trees near Dawson, Yukon Territory. Artist may have been Frederic N. Atwood, who operated a studio in Dawson during this time. From verso: "Cabin on creek near Dawson, Y[ukon] T[erritory]." ca. 1899-1902.
Title taken from front. Three caribou standing along the Klondike River, Yukon Territory. Also from front: "400,539." From verso: "Printed in Great Britain." Publisher's number 317. Publisher: Zaccarelli's Book Store, Dawson, Yukon Territory....
View of woman standing next to car at Canadian Customs station at Pleasant Camp, Yukon Territory, Canada. Sign on building reads: "Canada Customs. Stop and report." Early 1960's. Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the...
Shows roads and trails in the regions of the Klondike and Sixtymile River gold fields. Includes notes on roads built in 1901 with mileages. Selective relief shown by hachures. "W. Thibaudeau, Territorial Engineer." "Under authority of the Hon....
Title from accompanying notes. "29 March (still). Hat & our VW Bus at milepost 1202. Canadian Customs at Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory." Canadian Customs point, Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory.
Three female Alaskan school teachers posing for a group photograph somewhere along the Yukon River. Photo taken in the Yukon Territory, July 1924. Original photograph size: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch.`
Title taken from caption. View of construction equipment and crews working on the Kluane bridge on the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Photograph taken June 23, 1953. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from caption. View of construction equipment and crews working on the Kluane Bridge, located along the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Photograph taken June 23, 1953. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from verso. View of Alaska Highway north of Haines Junction, Yukon Territory, Canada, with black spruce on either side of road. 1948? Original photograph size: 5 3/4" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from verso. View of sign at border between Yukon Territory, Canada and Alaska on Alaska Highway. Sign reads: "Alaska." 1948? Original photograph size: 5 3/4" x 3 1/2".