Dog sled with wheels, in the mud.
Collection Name
Slim Williams Papers
Identifier
UAF-2007-59-5
Title
Dog sled with wheels , in the mud .
Description
Title by indexer . Verso reads : "Between Smithers B.C . and Prince George - Here's mud on my sled ! Slim Williams was a musher , trapper , mail carrier , and adventurer who came to Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush . In 1933 , Williams made a well-publicized mushing trip from Fairbanks , Alaska to Washington D.C . to prove the feasability of a road linking Alaska to the contiguous United States . The road was later built during WWII as the Al-can Highway . Hazelton , British Columbia , Williams equipped his sled with wheels from a Model-T Ford , for travel in snow-less country and U.S . roads . Image shows Williams ' sled splattered with mud in British Columbia . Information from cataloger's notes and "Alaska sourdough , the story of Slim Williams " by Richard Morenus (1956) .
Subject.TGM
Dogsledding Sleds & sleighs Wheels Travel Expeditions & surveys
Location
British Columbia
Region
Outside
Time Period
1913 to 1939
Date
1933
Type
Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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