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Tag Archives: Circle City
Golden Places
Golden Places: The History of Alaska-Yukon Mining, With Particular Reference to Alaska’s National Parks, was written in 1990 by William R. Hunt, prepared as a special theme study to assist in the assessment of cultural resources associated with metal mining … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Alaska, Cassiar, Chisana, Circle City, Dawson, Fairbanks, Fortymile, Golden Places, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Iditarod Trail, Kantishna, Klondike gold rush, Kuskokwim, Nabesna, Nizina, Nome, Northern Light Media, Seward-Nome Trail, William R. Hunt
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Woodchopper Roadhouse
The Circle Mining District records a list of 320 individuals whose names appear connected to claims on Coal Creek, Woodchopper Creek and their various tributaries. Coal claims were the first claims staked in the drainages. Steamboats plying the Yukon River … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Roadhouses
Tagged Art Reynolds, Bering Sea, Circle City, Circle Mining District, Coal Creek, Dan O'Neill, Douglas Beckstead, Eagle, Ernest Patty, Flora Brentlinger, Frank Rossbach, Frank Slaven, Fred Brentlinger, George McGregor, gold mining, Jack Welch, Jim McDonald, Kate Welch, Melody Webb, steamboats, Valentine Smith, Woodchopper Creek, woodchoppers, Yukon River
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Judge James Wickersham
James Wickersham’s classic book, Old Yukon: Tales, Trails, and Trials (Washington, D.C. : Washington Law Book Co., 1938), is an account of his years as a pioneer District Court Judge in Alaska. Judge Wickersham was appointed by President McKinley in … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History
Tagged 20 Mile roadhouse, Alaska territorial court, Charley River roadhouse, Circle, Circle City, Coal Creek roadhouse, dogteam, Eagle, Ed Crouch, Ed Jesson, Fort Yukon, Fourth of July Creek, gee-pole, Guggenheim, Half-Way roadhouse, J. P. Morgan, James Wickersham, Johnson's roadhouse, Judge James Wickersham, mirages, Montauk roadhouse, NAT&T, Nation River roadhouse, Nunivak, Old Yukon: Tales Trails and Trials, President McKinley, purchase of Alaska, Rampart, Salt Creek, Seventeen Mile Cabin, Seventy-Mile River, shelter cabin, Star roadhouse, Third Judicial District of Alaska, Webber's roadhouse, Yukon River
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Arthur Treadwell Walden
“Let me tell you about this man Walden.” These words, found in the introduction to Arthur Treadwell Walden’s classic book, A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928), are the reader’s invitation to meet one of the most respected … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Books
Tagged A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon, Antarctica, Arthur Treadwell Walden, Chinook, Circle City, Dawson City, Helen Hegener, Kate Sleeper, Katherine Walden, mushing, mushing history, New England Sled Dog Club, Nome, Northern Light Media, Richard E. Byrd, Yukon River
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