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Dog sled with wheels, in the mud.

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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. In 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.original	1933
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
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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