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Tag Archives: steamboats
Jan-Feb Alaskan History
Inside this issue: • CR&NWRR Steamboats on the Copper River – Between 1907 and 1911 the Copper River and Northwestern Railway operated a fleet of steamboats on the Copper and Chitina Rivers in support of railroad construction and mining operations at … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Explorers, Geology, Gold Rush History, missionaries, News & Information, Transportation
Tagged 1901 Yukon River Ethnographic Questionnaire, Alfred A. Selden, Anvik, Bethel, Captain William R. Abercrombie, Christ Church, Copper River, Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, CR&NWRR Steamboats, Dall River, Dr. James Taylor White, Dr. Joseph Romig, Eagle, Eagle-Valdez Trail, Edward J. Knapp, Glacial Lake Ahtna, Holy Cross, Ikogmiut, Issac Jones, John Wesley Powell, John Wight Chapman, Joseph Jules Jetté, Joseph Raphael Crimont, Juneau, Koserefsky, Lt. John C. Cantwell, Nulato, Oscar Fish, Patsy Ann the Bull Terrier, Rampart, Russian Mission, St. Andrews, St. James, St. Michael, St. Peter Claver, steamboats, Tanana, The Dog Team Doctor, trails, U. S. Army, USS Nunivak, Valdez
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Alaska Railroad 1902-1923
This 400-page book is a wide-ranging look at the many ways in which the railroad played a major role in Alaska’s growth and development. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Alaska Railroad, Book Reviews, Books
Tagged Alaska Central Railroad, Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, coal mining, Fairbanks, Golden Spike, Guggenheim, Hurricane Gulch, monopoly, Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate, Nenana, Palmer, Seward, steamboats, Talkeetna, Turnagain Arm, Wasilla
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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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