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Published 2011. ISBN 978-1-55362-538-4 For more information about Forty Mile, Fort Cudahy and Fort Constantine Historic Site, visit the Dänojà Zho cultural centre in Dawson or contact: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Heritage P. O. Box 599, Dawson City, Y0B 1G0 1242 Front Street, Dawson City Main office phone: (867) 993-7100 Dänojà Zho office phone: (867) 993-6768 Fax: (867) 993-6553 Email: [email protected] Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in website: www.trondek.ca Forty Mile web site: http://trondekheritage.com/our-places/forty-mile/ Yukon Historic Sites P. O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6 Phone: (867) 667-5386 Fax: (867) 667-8023 www.tc.gov.yk.ca/historicsites.html Cover images: Map, Yukon Archives H-1393 YG photo Yukon Archives, Alaska Historical Library #4221 Forty Mile circa 1890. Guide to Forty Mile The Forty Mile townsite is part of the Forty trading post and store established in 1893. Mile, Fort Cudahy and Fort Constantine Both of these sites are across the Fortymile Historic Site. The site is located at the River from the townsite of Forty Mile. The mouth of the Fortymile River where ground is marshy and the remains are fragile it empties into the Yukon River, 67 km so it recommended that visitors restrict their upstream from the Alaska/Yukon border activities to the Forty Mile townsite. and 88 km downriver from Dawson City. The Forty Mile, Fort Cudahy and Fort Generations of First Nation people camped Constantine Historic Site is protected under at the mouth of the Fortymile River to the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Final Agreement hunt and fish in the area. -
1 Statement of Herbert Frost, Associate Director
STATEMENT OF HERBERT FROST, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP AND SCIENCE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, CONCERNING S. 1897, A BILL TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK TO INCLUDE THE GETTYSBURG TRAIN STATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. June 27, 2012 Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the Department of the Interior on S. 1897, a bill to add the historic Lincoln Train Station in the Borough of Gettysburg and 45 acres at the base of Big Round Top to Gettysburg National Military Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Department supports enactment of this legislation with a technical amendment. Gettysburg National Military Park protects major portions of the site of the largest battle waged during this nation's Civil War. Fought in the first three days of July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg resulted in a victory for Union forces and successfully ended the second invasion of the North by Confederate forces commanded by General Robert E. Lee. Historians have referred to the battle as a major turning point in the war - the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy." It was also the Civil War's bloodiest single battle, resulting in over 51,000 soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing. The Soldiers' National Cemetery within the park was dedicated on November 19, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address. The cemetery contains more than 7,000 interments including over 3,500 from the Civil War. -
Highlights for Fiscal Year 2013: Denali National Park
Highlights for FY 2013 Denali National Park and Preserve (* indicates action items for A Call to Action or the park’s strategic plan) This year was one of changes and challenges, including from the weather. The changes started at the top, with the arrival of new Superintendent Don Striker in January 2013. He drove across the country to Alaska from New River Gorge National River in West Virginia, where he had been the superintendent for five years. He also served as superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota) and Fort Clatsop National Memorial (Oregon) and as special assistant to the Comptroller of the National Park Service. Some of the challenges that will be on his plate – implementing the Vehicle Management Plan, re-bidding the main concession contract, and continuing to work on a variety of wildlife issues with the State of Alaska. Don meets Skeeter, one of the park’s sled dogs The park and its partners celebrated a significant milestone, the centennial of the first summit of Mt. McKinley, with several activities and events. On June 7, 1913, four men stood on the top of Mt. McKinley, or Denali as it was called by the native Koyukon Athabaskans, for the first time. By achieving the summit of the highest peak in North America, Walter Harper, Harry Karstens, Hudson Stuck, and Robert Tatum made history. Karstens would continue to have an association with the mountain and the land around it by becoming the first Superintendent of the fledgling Mt. McKinley National Park in 1921. *A speaker series featuring presentations by five Alaskan mountaineers and historians on significant Denali mountaineering expeditions, premiered on June 7thwith an illustrated talk on the 1913 Ascent of Mt. -
Notes on the History of Agriculture in the Yukon
History of Agriculture in the Yukon— Michele Genest 1 Notes on the History of Agriculture in the Yukon Introduction The story of farming in the Yukon is one of experiment, adaptation and resilience. Less than two percent of the Yukon’s total land base is suitable for agriculture. Growing conditions are difficult, production costs high and local markets sometimes limited. But Yukon farmers have been tenacious, and over the 175 years of Yukon farming history, have provided Yukoners with access to delicious, high-quality, locally grown fresh food. First Farmer 1840-52 (approx.) Farms followed trade. • Robert Campbell, Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader, first farmer in the Yukon. Born on a sheep farm in Perthshire, Scotland, came to Rupert’s Land at age 22 to manage the experimental farm at Red River Settlement. • 1834 Asked for transfer to fur trade; life of adventure! Much hunger, threat of scurvy: Dease Lake, last meal was boiled parchment windows and gut from snowshoes=porridge. • Campbell brought seeds with him to each fort he established in the Yukon: Fort Frances, Pelly Banks, Fort Selkirk. • Crops mostly failure. Sudden frosts. Starvation at Fort Frances. Barley successful at Fort Selkirk. • Discovery that Pelly and Yukon River one and same, new safer route to Fort Simpson via Porcupine River, Mackenzie R. results in optimism about future, Campbell’s request for livestock. • Campbell haying (in prep for livestock?) at original Ft. Selkirk in 1852 when Chilkat attacked. Fort Selkirk abandoned. Trader, Miner-Farmers 1880s, early 90s • Traders and miners in Yukon drainage: Forty Mile, Stewart River, Fort Reliance. -
The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #SAC-12-062
N A T I O N A L C O N G R E S S O F A M E R I C A N I N D I A N S The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #SAC-12-062 TITLE: Commemorate the Centennial of the First Successful Climb of Denali in 1913, with Alaska Native Walter Harper First to Reach the Summit WHEREAS, we, the members of the National Congress of American Indians E XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and PRESIDENT purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants the inherent sovereign Jefferson Keel Chickasaw Nation rights of our Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and agreements with FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT the United States, and all other rights and benefits to which we are entitled under the Juana Majel Dixon Pauma Band of Mission Indians laws and Constitution of the United States, to enlighten the public toward a better RECORDING SECRETARY understanding of the Indian people, to preserve Indian cultural values, and otherwise Edward Thomas Central Council of Tlingit & Haida promote the health, safety and welfare of the Indian people, do hereby establish and Indian Tribes of Alaska submit the following resolution; and TREASURER W. Ron Allen Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe WHEREAS, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was R EGIONAL V ICE- P RESIDENTS established in 1944 and is the oldest and largest national organization of American ALASKA Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments; and Bill Martin Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska th WHEREAS, in the spring of 2013, on the 100 Anniversary of the first EASTERN OKLAHOMA S. -
PRINCESS SOPHIA: UNOFFICIAL PASSENGER LIST (Name Count - 461)
PRINCESS SOPHIA: UNOFFICIAL PASSENGER LIST (Name count - 461) Compiled by Captain Warren Good of www.alaskashipwreck.com. Names and particulars come from the following publications: • Daily Alaska Dispatch of Saturday October 26, 1918 (AD26 -279 names) • San Francisco Chronicle of Sunday, October 27, 1918 (SFC27-282 names) • San Francisco Chronicle October 28, 1918 (SFC28 - 60 names) • Winnipeg Evening Tribune of Monday, October 28, 1918 (WET28 - 334 names) • Seattle Times October 29, 1918 (ST29 -76 names) • Daily Alaska Dispatch October 29, 1918 (AD29 -151 names) • Soldiers’ World of Vancouver, October 31, 1918 (VW31-49 names) • Daily Alaska Dispatch, May 25, 1919 (AD525-3 names) • Daily Alaska Dispatch, July 26, 1919 (AD726- 9 names) • Daily Alaska Dispatch, August 3, 1919 (AD803- 9 names) • Sinking of the Princess Sophia by Coates and Morrison (1991) (SPS-347 names) I have merged the lists from the above publications and combined entries where it seemed appropriate. For example Glystra, Zylstra, Cylestra, Sylestra and Zylestra are all listed as the same person Charles W.…-stra. He is listed as passenger number 461 with all the other spellings and the publications of origin abbreviated. (AD26) is an abbreviation for the Daily Alaska Dispatch for October 26, 1918. I used Zylstra because that is the name used when the body was identified. The original list of spellings was well over 1,000 entries. Most of the names that follow have multiple spellings from multiple sources. Many of the names in the following list are likely duplicate entries. The first two names are probably the same person. The same holds true for number 6 & 4 as well as 7 & 8. -
Vol48 No3 Fall 2020
Volume 48, No. 3, Fall 2020 Quarterly of the Alaska Historical Society M. Tikhanov, “Kolosh family from Sitka Island,”1818, Sitka, КП-610-Р-2113, Russian Academy of Arts Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Message from the President: ith the pandemic still forcing us to take extra precautions, this year’s Alaska Historical Society meeting will be “virtual” and our participation will be via Zoom technology. Rachel Mason, program chair, and her committee are making every effort to make the delivery of a full program Was seamless in delivery and as full in content as possible. I know we all feel a bit like the women in Downton Abbey who put the reality of change so clearly, “We really are living in a modern world”. Please see the draft program in this newsletter. There you will find a full slate of papers and panels on key issues and there will be the Society’s annual business meeting, awards presentations, and memorial session honoring our colleagues who died this last year. As the conference sessions were being finalized, news came that Dr. Beverly Beeton, invited to speak on women’s suffrage in Alaska, unexpectedly died. We are saddened by the news and are working on an alternative. In addition to the program information in this newsletter, I also direct your attention to the Advocacy Committee report and statement on monuments and statues. This committee has been extremely active promoting the advancement of history, preserving reasonable access to valuable records, and encouraging thoughtful recommendations on historical interpretation in public places. Please join us for the annual meeting from the safety of your home. -
Yukon River Heritage an Illustrated Introduction for River Travellers
Yukon River Heritage An illustrated introduction for river travellers Revised edition © 2013 Government of Yukon, Department of Tourism and Culture ISBN 978-1-55362-654-1 Front cover, top: Men and dog in a boat, ca. 1900. University of Washington Libraries #11633 Front cover, bottom: Mountie Arthur Thornthwaite on Tantalus Butte/Gum Tthi, ca. 1920. YA, Claude and Mary Tidd fonds, #7714 Back cover, top: Chief Isaac (left) and two other Hän men, ca. 1900. YA, AHL collection, #4232 Back cover, background: Gold rush boats on their way to Dawson at the mouth of the Stewart River, 1898. YA, Greenbank collection, 89/19 #14 Back cover, bottom: The Dawson waterfront, 1917. YA, Emil Forrest fonds, 80/60 #590 Please go to www.travelyukon.com for information about planning river trips. Drift Into History An introduction to the heritage of the Yukon River This publication offers a glimpse of some of the heritage sites along the Yukon River. It is intended to give you an idea of the timeless heritage and beauty of one of the world’s great rivers. The booklet is not a comprehensive history The wheelhouse of theS.S. Bailey. and should not be used for YA, H.C. Barley fonds, #5202 navigation purposes. There are books, maps, charts and guides that provide detailed histories or planning and route information. Enjoy your journey. The Yukon River The Yukon River is the fifth longest river in North YA, Eric Hegg fonds, #2783 America. It drains almost 900,000 square kilometres (km), about half of which are in Canada and half in the United States. -
CIRI Descendant to Attempt to Summit Denali
May 2013 volume 38 • issue 4 AN ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION CIRI descendant to CIRI makes attempt to summit Denali donation Mission is to inspire Alaska Native youth to Kenaitze Indian Tribe Will benefit the Dena’ina Wellness Center Photo by Joel Irwin Joel by Photo Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, is the tallest mountain in North America with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. June 7, 2013 marks the hundred year anniversary later, we climb for the same reason and to tell their of the first team to successfully reach the summit s t or y.” Members of KIT accepting CIRI’s donation at the Kenai shareholder meeting. of North America’s highest mountain, Denali. The Denali Centennial Climb is free for all to Hudson Stuck (Archdeacon of the Yukon) was the At the 2013 Kenai shareholder information follow online, in real-time beginning June 2013 team leader; however, it was Walter Harper who meeting, CIRI presented a check in the at www.denali2013.org. The website currently amount of $50,000 to the Kenaitze Indian became the first person to summit the mountain. includes educational materials and videos. The Tribe (KIT) as a donation toward the On June 7, a team of direct descendants from Denali Centennial Climb, website and educational construction of the Dena’ina Wellness Center. the original team, including Episcopal Bishop materials are made possible through donations “CIRI commends the Kenaitze Indian Tribe of Alaska Mark Lattime, will begin retracing that can be made online via the Denali 2013 for their vision and hard work developing the their ancestors’ steps in a centennial climb. -
Ice Ax Crampons Grizzly Distance Dog Sled 3200
FOR YOUR NEXT EXCURSION ICE AX CRAMPONS GRIZZLY 125 95 DISTANCE DOG SLED 3200 THE KARSTENS STORY Henry Peter “Harry” Karstens (September 2, 1878 – November 28, 1955) was the first superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park (now known as Denali National Park), from 1921 to 1928. He was the guide and climbing leader of the first complete ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) in 1913, with expedition members Hudson Stuck, Episcopal Archdeacon of the Yukon and Arctic; Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum. John Fredson was one of two young Gwich'in Alaska Natives who supported the party. SHARE PLATES COLD PLATES AND HOT BOWLS PARMESAN GARLIC FRIES 4¾ KARSTENS TOMATO CAPRESE SOUP fresh mozzarella, basil, balsamic drizzle 8 bowl 6 cup CRISPS, CHIPS, RINGS, DIPS house potato chips, tortilla chips, onion rings, green goddess, romesco, THE WEDGE iceberg lettuce, bacon lardons, egg, caramelized onion dip 13½ red onions, bleu cheese, garlic crouton parmesan peppercorn vinaigrette 9 SMOKED CHICKEN WINGS wings with spicy BBQ WARM BRUSSELS SPROUTS apricots, green apples, or buffalo sauce 16¾ flame grapes chives, lemon puree 11 choice of hidden valley ranch or bleu cheese, carrots, celery PUBLIC HOUSE CAESAR romaine, red radish, BRISKET SLIDER bread n butter pickles, pickled red parmesan cheese, herb croutons, anchovy dressing 9 onions, creamy slaw, brioche bun 15¼ KARSTENS KING CRAB SALAD crisp apple, orange supremes, pickled potatoes, eggs, butter lettuce & FRIED BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES dipping sauce 7 frisee, white balsamic vinaigrette 29 ROASTED CHICKEN -
Denali Traverse Expedition
DENALI TRAVERSE EXPEDITION 20,310 ft / 6,190 m Alaska Grade II Experience level: Advanced + 13,110 ft elevation gain 76 miles, 24 days Group limit: 8 expedition members, 3 guides Denali is America’s tallest mountain and unsurpassed in challenge and scenic beauty. Located 130 miles north of the port city of Anchorage, Alaska, it rises out of a sea of glaciers and other peaks that comprise the Alaska Range. Te Traverse expedition has the unique and noteworthy challenge of climbing the highest peak in North America while traveling over the crest of the Alaska Range. Climbing with fxed lines on Karstens Ridge, route-fnding the crevassed lower icefall, crossing the McKinley River, and swatting mosquitoes make this the ultimate Alaska mountaineering experience, well suited to those who enjoy the rigors of expedition life. COST Harper, Harry Karstens, Hudson Stuck, and Robert Tatum. They reached the higher south summit via this northern Deposit: $2,000 route on the Muldrow Glacier and Northeastern ridges of Balance due: 120 days prior to the starting date Denali. Notably, Walter Harper was the first Native Alaskan Includes: AMS professional mountain guides; National Park to reach the summit. The team followed the approach paths Service mountaineering special use and entrance fees; base of several earlier explorers and gold miners who unraveled camp fee; one-way glacier flight to the mountain; shuttle bus intricate and formidable approaches to find a northern route and private van pickup in Denali National Park; field food to the summit. We will be using the same ridges, glaciers, and and fuel; group camping and climbing equipment (tents tundra for our descent. -
Alpenglow Summer 2017
National Park Service Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska U.S. Department of the Interior Official newspaper Summer 2017 Alpenglow HAPPY BIRTHDA Y FEB 26, 1917 DENALI NATIONAL PARK EST. 1917 ™ Wild, Wonderful, Waiting for You Discover the Next 100 PHOTO COURTESY SIERRA WILLOUGHBY Make the most of your time in Denali Two hours Four hours More than a day • Check out all of the cool off erings and • Ride a free shuttle to Savage River at • Reserve a spot on a once-in-a exhibits at the Denali Visitor Center, Mile 15. Schedules are posted lifetime, ranger-led backcountry 8 am to 6 pm. The park movie plays at bus stops. Discovery Hike. Check fli ers for trip each half hour. descriptions and difficu lty ratings. • Hike trails throughout the entrance Sign up at the Denali Visitor Center, • Drive to Mountain Vista Trailhead at area. See maps and descriptions on then buy a bus ticket for an 8 am Stay Connected Mile 13 for a possible firs t glimpse pages 10-11. departure from the Wilderness of Denali. Access Center. http://twitter.com/DenaliNPS • Join a ranger-led walk or talk off ered www.facebook.com/DenaliNPS • Enjoy a picnic and family play space at every few hours at the Denali Visitor • Reserve a tent or RV site at the Riley www.instagram.com/DenaliNPS the Riley Creek Day Use Area. Center. Check fli ers for listings. Creek Mercantile for one of six www.flickr.com/photos/DenaliNPS campgrounds throughout the park. www.youtube.com/user/DenaliNPS • Attend a noontime naturalist talk at the Murie Science and Full day • If you plan to bike or backpack Learning Center.