The Alaskan Pathfinder; the Story of Sheldon Jackson

The Alaskan Pathfinder; the Story of Sheldon Jackson PDF

Author: John Thomson Faris

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Jackson was a Presbyterian minister to New Mexico. In 1877 he went to Alaska and worked for the Eskimos. He procured reindeer from Siberia to supply meat, began the Alaska school system, preached to the Eskimos, and publicized Alaska to the nation.

Sheldon Jackson

Sheldon Jackson PDF

Author: Robert Laird Stewart

Publisher: New York, Chicago [etc.] F. H. Revell Company [c1908]

Published: 1908

Total Pages: 562

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Includes chapters on education in Alaska and the introduction of Siberian reindeer to Alaska.

Grit, Grief and Gold

Grit, Grief and Gold PDF

Author: Fenton B. Whiting

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2009-03-25

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781442114494

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Grit, Grief and Gold is an eyewitness account of pioneering railroad building in Alaska. Dr. Fenton B. Whiting was chief surgeon during the construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route, built during the Yukon Gold Rush by his friend M.J. Heney. He later served in the same capacity during Heney's construction of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway. The story includes construction through some of the most impassable terrain imaginable, encounters with outlaw Soapy Smith and prospector George Carmack, the successful completion of both lines and Heney's tragic death after a shipwreck in Alaska's waters. This reprinting of Grit, Grief and Gold has been enriched with over seventy additional photographs and includes an appendix that expands on Dr. Whiting's account.

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