Alaska Sportsman Magazine
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January, 1935. Volume 1. No. 1.
COVER-"MUSH" by O. C. Schallerer
FRONTISPIECE-"Sunset on the Sheltered Seas of Alaska" By O. C. Schallerer
AN ALASKA ANGLER SPEAKS OUT
Alaska the fisherman's paradise Frank Dufresne
CALLING DEER Hal Gould 10
He calls 'em in alive.
DID YOU EVER? F. W. Gabler 12
Reminiscence of an old-timer.
SENTINEL BILLY Victor Shaw 13
Mountain Goat of the Unuk River country.
LORD STETSON OF KENAI.
The sheep with the crumpled horn. 15
THE WOLF PACK F. W. Gabler 16
Killers of the North.
THE CHECHAKO Brig Young 18
Percival goes a-fishing.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW 20
Outdoor news of Alaska.
ALASKA WONDERLAND Dr. Will H. Chase 21
Destined to be America's playground.
TRAP LINE 22
Furs-Trappers-Regulations
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 24
For conservation, propagation and better sportsmanship.
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February, 1935. Volume 1. No. 2.
COVER- "THE' MONARCH" Courtesy O. C. Schallerer
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 4
FRONTISPIECE - "White Ghosts of Winter" 5
By F. W. Gabler Photograph by O. C. Schallerer
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 6
A youth's fight for life in the frozen polar regions.
"DENALI," THE HIGH ONE 8
A story of fact and legend about the great Mount McKinley.
UP FROM THE DEEP Leonard H. Delano 11
Reclaiming lost gold from the ill-fated Islander.
A CLOSE CALL Thomas Riggs 12
An Alaska Ex-Governor's narrowest escape from death.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW 13
Outdoor news of Alaska.
PROSPECTING FOR SPORT J. F. Krause 14
A licensed Alaska guide takes a trip into the Cassiar country.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 15
For conservation, propagation of Alaska wild life and sportsmanship.
ARCTIC CRUISE Edith Newman Plaut 16
An excursion trip to the Arctic ice pack.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 18
Furs- Trappers-Regulations.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 20
MAKING A CLEAN KILL Dr. M. H. Damron 22
How to kill a bear.
GLIMPSES INTO ALASKA 25
A pictorial page of outdoor Alaska.
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March, 1935. Volume 1. No. 3.
COVER "At Bay".
Photo courtesy of Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE- "Ed Jones and His Prize Winning King Salmon” 4
Photo by O. C. Schallerer.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
SECRETS OF KUKULIK Mary Uta Mikami 6
Uncovering Alaska's forgotten ages.
WILD BILL'S CLOSEST CALL Wild Bill Matilla 8
An encounter with a brownie. as told to Ritchie Lovejoy.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 10
Second installment of a youth's fight for life in the frozen north.
SUPERLATIVE SHOOTING Frank North 12
A story of true sportsmanship.
THE GREAT TREK Robert M. Hyatt 14
An account of the great reindeer drive from Kotzebue to the Mackenzie.
THE HYDAH CANOE [Haida]. HaI Gould 16
How the primitive Alaskan built his canoe from a solid log.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 18
What about the abolishment of the Alaska Game Commission?
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 19
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 20
THE TIDEWATER SET Alaska Game Commission. 21
One method of trapping wolves.
A GROUSE CHICK GOES HOLLYWOOD Maxine Williams 24
The photographing of a baby grouse.
PLUG UP YOUR GUNS BOYS 24
Three-shell restriction for shotguns.
ALASKA BROWN BEAR TO BE PROTECTED 25
Brown bear conservation on Admiralty Island.
PICTURE P AGE 29
Views of the far north.
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April, 1935. Volume 1. No. 4.
COVER "Rainbows of Willow Creek" Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE "The Thinker" Photo by Ray Roady, Ketchikan, Alaska. 4
VEGETABLES OF THE ALASKA WILDERNESS C. R. Snow 6
Edible wild plant life of Alaska.
RAINB0W STEELHEADS 9
The Alaska Sportsman's Territorial Fishing Contest.
THE GOLDEN UNUK Walter C. Blanton 10
Mining potentialities of Southeastern Alaska.
NESTING NOTES ON NATIVE GEESE 12
Non migratory geese of Alaska.
PIONEERING WITH ROD AND REEL H. W. Jackson 14
The discovery of uncharted fishing grounds.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 16
Third instalment of a long battle for life in the polar regions.
FLYING FOR FISH F. W. Gabler 18
A fishing trip to Wilson Lake via airplane.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 20
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claud Aiken 21
Pros and cons on guns and ammunition.
THE TRAP LINE DEPARTMENT C. R. Snow 22
A department for the trapper and fur breeder.
ALASKA'S FIRST TERRITORIAL FISHING CONTEST 24
A silver cup for the largest rainbow steelhead.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 27
A few notes on seasonal lures.
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT Ray Roady 29
A new department for camera fans.
THE ALASKA LIARS CLUB 31
Just a few choice "whoppers."
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(no issue was published for May, 1935)
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June, 1935. Volume 1. No. 5.
COVER Alaska Brown Bear
FRONTISPIECE John W. Troy Governor of Alaska 4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service, Juneau, Alaska.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
COHOS, KINGS AND OTHER THINGS C. R. Snow 6
The battling Alaska salmon and how to catch them.
NATURE'S AUTOMATIC DAM John Q. Aams 9
Knik Glacier and Lake George form one of nature's wonders.
MOVING MOUNTAINS Paul E. Garrett 10
Hunting the ferocious Alaska brown bear on Kodiak Island.
ALASKA-WIDE FISHING CONTEST 11
The Alaska Sportsman silver trophy for the largest "Rainbow-Steelhead."
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 12
The fourth installment of a long battle for life in the Arctic.
BIG PAWS D. F. Howard 14
The story of a brown bear who once was king of the Kenai Peninsula.
POTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT Ray Roady 15
CLARENCE GOES STRIPFISHING Frank Dufresne 16
A chechako learns the fine art of stripfishing for Alaska salmon.
PICTURE PAGE Scenes Near Juneau 17
QUEEN Jack Allman 18
A story of deep affection between a man and his dog.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 22
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BROWN BEAR Olive Matney 26
Olive's own story of how her mamma shot a brown bear.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION DEPARTMENT Claud Aiken 26
The world's most unpopular gun.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 29
Timely hints on fishing.
HATS OFF TO CORDOVA SPORTSMEN 32
Braving the rigors of winter for trout.
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(no issues were published for July thru November, 1935)
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December, 1935. Volume 1. No. 6
COVER "In Velvet"
Milotte Studio, Ketchikan, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE Chief Plenty-Talker 4
Drawing by T. R. Lambert.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
HUNGER AT WILSON LAKE C. M. Archbold 6
A forester discovers fish with big appetites.
GROUSE OF ALASKA Frank Dufresne 8
The Alaska outdoors man's food bird.
TUNDRA TERROR Victor Shaw 9
A hunter and his guide meet the unusual.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 10
Fifth installment of an absorbing adventure story.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department 12
SUMMER CAMP 13
An Alaska painting by T. R. Lambert.
BACK BREAKING BUCKS OF COPPERMOUNT E. L. Keithahn 14
A hunting party seeks and finds the Sitkan deer.
THE LUCKY SWEDE C. T. Ashby 16
Gold is where you find it.
THE LAW OF THE TOTEM Hal Gould 19
A story of the potlatch and other Indian customs.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 20
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 22
WHY WE ARE GOING ON A group of letters 26
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First Annual issue Volume 1 No. 1 (1936?)
PAINTING by Yale Gracey Cover
GHOST TOWN Frontispiece 4
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS! Editorial 5
Opportunity in Alaska is greater than ever before.
HE GRAPPLED WITH A BEAR Conrad Puhr 6
A true story of a hand-to-hand encounter with a Brown Bear and a miraculous escape.
IT"S A FISHY COUNTRY Ellal Wilson Hill 8
Alaska waters yield a wide variety of sea food for profit and for pleasure.
DEAD MAN'S DIARY A Dramatic Record 11
Ill and without food, a trapper puts up a losing but heroic battle.
GOOD HUNTING Lee Ellis 12
Hunting big game in Alaska has a most fascinating lure for both Hunter and Guide.
THE GILLAM PLANE WAS MISSING. Robert Gebo as told to Ethel Dassow 14
A survivor's account of a grim month's struggle against a freezing,
starving death in Southeastern Alaska's rugged wilderness.
NINE POLAR BEARS Waldo Bodfish as told to J. Lester Minner 18
A herd of Polar bears is rare - even to an Eskimo.
CLARENCE GOES STRIP FISHING Frank Dufresne 23
A Cheechako learns the fine art of stripfishing for Alaska salmon.
A TRIP TO ALASKA A Feature 24
Information on what to expect in Alaska, and how to
get there by land, air and sea; Alaska Highway Map.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department 30
News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
SOURDOUGH TALES Arthur J. Beecher 38
An Alaska pioneer tells of an Arctic phenomena and his most exciting adventure.
ALASKA ODDITIES A Cartoon Feature 50
By Mrs. Elizabeth White.
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January, 1936. Volume II. No. 1.
COVER "A Polar Night"
Ray Roady and F. W. Gabler
FRONTISPIECE "How High Is Up?" 4
Painting by E. B. Pollock.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
A TROPHY FROM KODIAK John C. Ayres 6
A difficult hunt brings results.
BIG GAME. Jack Allman 8
A story of Northwest Canada.
WINTER TRANSPORTATION IN FAR NORTH Pictorial 9
Photos by Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
THE WIFE GOES FISHING G. Burgess Strong 10
A humorous yarn of Alaska sport fishing.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE Leslie Melvin 11
Concluding chapter of a true Alaskan experience.
JERRY, MY WOODLAND PAL C. J. Lincke 12
A moose makes friends with a man.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department 13
News and facts about Alaska.
A GOAT A DAY AT RUDYERD BAY Harry F. Elliott 14
Two Alaskans have a short, successful hunt.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 18
A department.
ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 20
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 21
A department.
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February, 1936. Volume II. No. 2
COVER "End of the Day"
Ray Roady and F. W. Gabler
FRONTISPIECE - "Auk Lake and Mendenhall Glacier" 4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service, Juneau, Alaska.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
INTO THE WILDERNESS John Q. Adams 6
The call of the wild in California and Alaska.
MATANUSKA'S A GOOD THING Dan Noonan. 8
Some whys and wherefores of the colonization project.
GLACIER SIDE TRIP. Floris Clark McLaren 12
The captain held the boat.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 13
News and facts about Alaska.
PHOTOGRAPHY Ray Roady 14
Some hints on hunting with a camera.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALASKA WILD LIFE 15
OLD GROANER F. W. Gabler 16
The world's record grizzly had reason to be mean.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 20
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 21
News of Alaska mines and minerals.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 22
A department for trappers and fur breeders.
THE MULLIGAN POT 24
Sourdough recipe.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 25
A department.
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March, 1936. Volume II. No.3
COVER "Innocents Abroad"
Photo by C. J. Bradley.
FRONTISPIECE Hydah Indian Woman 4
Painting by A. D. J. Pitts.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
LOST John Q. Adams 6
An early-day, true experience of Tony Martin.
THE CHARTS WERE INADEQUATE Commander R. R. Lukens 8
Uncle Sam's Coast and Geodetic Survey has been improving Russia's charts.
EELS OF THE YUKON J. F. Plein 10
The annual run of millions of eels provides food for man and dog.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 11
News and facts about Alaska.
WE SAW A FEW DEER Maxine Williams 12
A record, in words and pictures, of an exciting hunt.
DOG MUSHING IN ALASKA Frank Dufresne 14
A form of Alaska transportation now being superseded by the airplane.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 18
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 20
A department
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 22
Guides in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
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April, 1936. Volume II. No. 4
COVER "Alaska Black Bear"
Photo by Cecil E. Rhode.
FRONTISPIECE "Glacial History" 4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
KODIAK GIANT J. Bruce Allen 6
How the new world's record bear was bagged.
CHINOOK Ralph Johnson 8
The call of the wild versus the call of mankind.
I WAS HUGGED BY A BEAR Wayne Phillips 10
A first-hand account of Alaska's most recent bear mauling.
ALASKA GAME TRAILS Hal Gould 11
Tracks in the wilderness often have stories to tell.
POLAR FURY Charles Madsen 12
The cumbersome looking walrus can be a dangerous antagonist in the water.
GRUBSTAKED Jack Allman 14
The first installment of a fiction story of modem Alaska.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 16
A department.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION A department 17
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 18
Introducing a new department of Alaskan plants and flowers.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 20
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 22
Guides in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
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May, 1936. Volume II. No. 5
COVER "Monarch of Kenai"
Photo by Andy Simons, courtesy Schallerer's Photo Shop.
FRONTISPIECE "Wolverine Tracks" 4
Photo by Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
THE COURAGE OF THE KODIAKS Claude H. Barr 6
The largest of carnivores certainly can "take it."
STONE-AGE STUFF Frederick Magill, Jr. 8
Showing that there is more than one way to kill a deer.
GULO, THE TOUGH GUY Frank Dufresne 9
The wily wolverine wreaks havoc wherever he goes.
GRUBSTAKED Jack Allman 10
The concluding chapter of a fiction story of modern Alaska.
BOGOSLOF, ISLAND OF MYSTERY Lieut. George E. Morris, Jr. 12
Four men spend ten weeks on top of a submarine volcano.
THE NAVY COMES TO ALASKA Lt. Commander J. H. Skillman. 14
Impressions of Alaska as seen by a Navy man.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 16
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw, editor 17
Guide posts in the search for Alaskan mines and minerals.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 18
A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, editor 22
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
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June, 1936. Volume II. No. 6.
COVER "Palsy Walsies"
Photo Courtesy Schallerers Photo Shop.
FRONTISPIECE Miss Alaska on the Throne 4
Photo by Becker's Photo Company.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
ANTIDOTE Jack Allman 6
The first of a fiction series featuring Dave Blaine, Alaska Marshal.
NOMADS OF THE NORTH Anna Brant 8
Alaska's vagabond caribou provide a bountiful source of meat.
THE TRAPPER'S VERSION W. M. Nutter 9
An outdoors man relates an exciting experience in his own words.
NOME CAFE A. F. Raynor 10
Food came high in the early days of the gold rush.
ALASKA DALLI RAMS John Q. Adams 11
Adventure and sport lie ahead for the hunter of white sheep.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 13
News and facts about Alaska.
FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY J. Rex Peterson 14
The story of Alaska's leading sports event.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder, editor 17
Protection is given Alaska's trout.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw, editor 21
Guide posts in the search for Alaskan mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, editor 25
A department of Alaskan plants and flowers.
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July, 1936. Volume II. No. 7.
COVER "Casting"
Photo by Milotte Studio.
FRONTISPIECE White Siberian Sled Dog 4
Photo by Charlotte B. Potter, courtesy Schallerer's Photo Shop
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
THE GLACIER BEAR J. F. Krause 6
His color is like the blue of his glacier home.
FISHIN' Stanley Adams 8
Some firemen fly to find fishin' that is fishin'.
THE FAIRBANKS ICE CARNIVAL J. Rex Peterson 10
Parades and thrilling winter sports make the annual event unique.
DRUM ICE Jack Allman 12
The second of a fiction series featuring Dave Blaine, Alaskan marshal.
ANDERSON'S INCUBATORS H. A. Anderson 14
A homesteader enlists the aid of a queer bird to hatch domestic chicks.
ADVENTURE ON WHITE WATER C. T. Ashby 15
How three men lost their lives in the Abercrombie Rapids.
THE LUCKY SHRIMPERS Kenneth M. Nelson 16
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken, editor 19
A department.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw, editor 21
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, editor 22
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder, editor 24
On the subject of artificial lures.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 25
A department.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 30
News and facts about Alaska.
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August, 1936. Volume II. No. 8.
THE SPOTTED FAWN Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
THE RUSSIAN RIVER OF THE RAINBOWS Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
BEARS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA C. R. Snow 6
In which their traits and differences and the best methods of hunting them are explained.
FRIDAY THE 13TH August Eberhardt 9
He didn't believe in the Jinx, but found plenty of evidence of it, just the same.
THE RIVER'S REPUTATION Paul E. Garrett 10
It's always best to have first-hand information.
DRUM ICE Jack Allman 12
Second and concluding chapter of a fiction story featuring Dave Blaine, Alaska marshal.
WILD LIFE OF ALASKA NATIONAL FORESTS Jay Williams 14
Surprising is the quantity and variety of game and fur in The Last Frontier.
DON'T GO HALIBUT FISHING Gus Borgen 16
It's often a tough life and only the strong don't weaken.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 19
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 21
A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 26
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
THE MULLIGAN POT A department 27
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September, 1936. Volume II. No.9.
IN SEARCH OF SALMON Photo by Amos Burg. Cover
MOUNT EDGECUMBE, SITKA Frontispiece 4
Photo by R. A. Buchanan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
A BEAR HUNT IN STORMLAND Clarence Ederer 6
If adventure is overcoming difficulties-this is it!
[tip of the Alaska Peninsula, Andy Simons of Seward as bear hunting guide]
THE CALL OF THE WILD C. R. Snow 8
The deer call is indispensible to the Alaska hunter.
MUDDIN' AROUND ON COOK INLET John Q. Adams 10
Hair seal, brown bear, birds and mud flats provide
outing experiences that are "different."
WOLFBAIT Jack Allman 12
Marshal Dave Blaine steps into another mystery of
Alaska's wilderness. A fiction story.
TROUT TAXIDERMY AT HOME Ormal I. Sprungman 14
An explanation of a simple method of mounting fish.
THE ROMANCE OF THE SALMON Merton H. Rapp 15
Some whys and wherefores of Alaska's greatest industry.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION A department 20
In which a young man discusses "This Game Situation."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION A department. Claude Aiken 23
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 24
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 26
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
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October, 1936. Volume II. No. 10.
TROUBLE "BRUIN" Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
AN ALASKA HUNTSMAN Frontispiece 4
Photo by Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The lesson of the sea-otter.
EVERY INCH A KING Robert A. Henning 6
There's a real thrill in catching a salmon like this!
MEMOIRS OF A BULL SEA LION Cecil Lee Shumaker 8
On Bogoslof the battles are for home and family.
WOLF BAIT Jack Allman 10
"Wolf" Warren, murderer, is trapped by Marshal Dave Blaine.
THEY TROLL ALONG Walter Weston 12
The life of a troller is for the strong and patient.
KEEP THE BOLT HANDLE DOWN! Hosea Sarber 14
If you don't, the charging bear may keep advancing!
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 19
A discussion of formations in the Hyder district. A department.
THE MULLIGAN POT A department 20
A recipe for hobo clam chowder.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Glaude Aiken 21
A discussion of the value of hand loading. A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 22
A department, in which Alaska berry plants are described.
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November, 1936. Volume II. No. 11.
WHITE-CHEEKED GEESEI OF ALASKA Cover
Photo from Clarence J. Rhode.
HYDAH WOMAN IN COSTUME Frontispiece 4
Photo from a painting by A. D. J. Pitts.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
Frontiersman versus tenderfoot.
ONE EVENTFUL HUNT Harry F. Elliott 6
There were thrills enough in this hunt for anyone.
WHITE: WINGS ON THE SNOW Paul E. Garrett 8
There's sport and strenuous exercise in bagging the Alaska ptarmigan.
CONGRESSIONAL CRUISE David Spratling 9
Where three United States Senators went and what they saw in Alaska.
ONE-EYED JACK Jack Allman 12
A cunning criminal weaves another mystery for Dave Blaine to solve. A fiction story.
LEGENDARY SYMBOLS OF EARLY ALASKANS Merton H. Rapp 14
In which some of the mystifying carved images made by Alaska Indians are described.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 18
A department of interest to trappers and fur breeders.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 21
A continued discussion of reloading. A department.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 22
Mineral possibilities in the district just above the Gulf of Alaska. A department.
THE MULLIGAN POT H. R. Gould 23
How to make bannock and cook "tide-water ducks" deliciously. A department.
FLORA OF AlJASKA J. P. Anderson 25
A department, in which a description of Alaska berry plants is continued.
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December, 1936. Volume II. No. 12.
SEPPALA'S SIBERIAN MALEMUTES WITH TRAINER Cover
Photo by Walter Hylen.
THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The problem of equitable waterfowl regulations for Alaska.
ARCTIC ROUND-UP Lona E. Morlander 6
A teacher describes an annual event among the Eskimos at Kivalina.
LOST MINE Sam Gamblin 8
Snow-clad mountains, glaciers and raging torrents are conquered in a search for gold.
[James Lyons told author about the lost mine at Shoup Glacier, Shoup Bay near Valdez]
ONE-EYED JACK Jack Allman 10
Dave Blaine brings Bill Hyde to justice. The last chapter of a fiction story.
THE EMPEROR GOOSE Article 12
Meet a bird that makes its home in Alaska the year around.
BEAR ON THE MOUNTAINS Walter Bellon 13
For narrow escapes, thrills, and stamina seek the Kodiak bear.
THE TRAP L1NE C. R. Snow 17
General remarks with reg-ard to trapping and mink ranching in Alaska.
THE SLUlCE BOX Victor Shaw 21
Mineral possibilities in the Kenai Peninsula district. A department.
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January, 1937. Volume III. No.1.
AN ALASKA LYNX Cover
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
CAPE PRINCE OF WALES Frontispiece 4
Photo from Frank Dufresne.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The need for a fish laboratory and an experimental fur farm in Alaska.
HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN E. L. Keithahn 6
Alaska is a happy hunting ground also for the curiosity hunter and archaeologist.
GLACIER DUCK HUNT Ray Roady 8
A typical Alaska waterfowl hunt in the shadow of glaciers and mountains.
THE WATER TRAIL Jack Allman 10
The beginning of an enthralling adventure serial. Fiction.
NATURE'S PINCUSHION Clarence J. Rhode 12
There are thirty thousand reasons why the porcupine has been able to survive.
THE GHOST SHIP Floris Clark McLaren 13
When an Alaska aviator is missing the search goes on and on. A fiction short.
HORSE POWER FOR UNUK GOLD F. W. Gabler 14
A true story of a thrilling and unusual adventure on an Alaska river.
[Unuk River Placer Gold Company, Inc.]
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 17
Some notes on wolf hunting, trapping- and bounties. A department.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 21
This question of rifle versus revolver for hunting. A department.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
Mineral possibilities in the Susitna, Broad Pass and Talkeetna regions. A department.
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February, 1937. Volume III. No.2.
FRIEND PORCUPINE Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
THE CLAM GUNNER Frontispiece 4
Photo by C. R. Snow.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The need of Alaska for authentic publicity.
TRAILING THE KODIAK John Q. Adams 6
The brown bear furnished the surprises; Kodiak Island, the beautiful scenery,
THERE'S ALWAYS A BEGINNING Edward A. Herron 8
Proving that to be a fishing enthusiast you've got to start to fish.
THE WATER TRAIL Jack Allman 10
Lonny Givney learns Moran's whereabouts and takes up the adventurous trail. Fiction.
ALASKA AN APPRAISAL Ales Hrdlicka 12
A plea to make Alaska better known and better liked.
THE ELEMENTS OF CLAM GUNNERY C. R. Snow 13
Directions for pursuing the shell game of Alaska's shores.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 19
Concerning the .348 Winchester for Alaskan brown bears.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 21
Mineral possibilities in the Fairbanks area. A department.
THE MULLIGAN POT A department 25
Camp Cookery in the home.
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March, 1937. Volume III. No.3.
CARIBOU DOWN Cover
Photo by Lee Considine.
THE UNGAINLY CARIBOU Frontispiece 4
Photo by Lee Considine.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
Concerning a better "break" for Alaska trappers and Alaska fur-bearers.
ALASKA YACHT HUNTING PARTY Harold Bartlett Scott 6
A party of Easterners learn about bears, goats, deer, and the lure of Alaska.
[On the boat Westward hunting & fishing from Ketchikan to Petersburg]
PIPING THE CHENA George Christensen 9
The story of an unusual hydraulic pipe journey to Fairbanks.
MAN OVERBOARD Charles B. Morgan 10
A troller pulls himself from a watery grave and tells the story of his escape.
THE WATER TRAIL Jack Allman 12
A fight and the near loss of a canoe almost upset Givney's plans. Fiction.
GAME PARADISE Fred K. Ordway 14
Alaska's Flying Photographer finds thrilling subjects and exciting photo hunting.
ARMIS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 17
A discussion of the merits of the new Model 70 Winchester rifle.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
A discussion of mineral possibilities in the upper Kuskokwim drainage basin.
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April, 1937. Volume III. No.4.
MOUNTAIN CAMP A scene near Juneau Cover
Photo by Peter Del Missier.
THE LORDLY MOOSE Frontispiece 4
Photo by Slim Crocker.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The purpose of punishment is to deter others. A California judge speaks.
A FULL CACHE Leo F. Rhode 6
Two students take to' the riffles, eat waffles, and secure two bull moose.
[Hunting moose on the Chena & Little Chena Rivers.]
SAINT LAZARIA Robert A. Henning 8
Memories of a day spent on an Alaska bird sanctuary.
WHAT OF TOMORROW? Frank Dufresne 9
Lessons the past has taught in conserving Alaska's game for the future.
THE WATER TRAIL Jack Allman 10
Lonny Givney meets a girl and together they encounter more adventures.
Fiction serial.
MY UNPRIVATE LIFE Bill Alakangas 13
Oscar Seal relates the most thrilling adventure of his young life.
GOLD DIGGINGS OF 1937 Victor Shaw 14
Any gold left in Alaska? Here's the answer.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 18
Shooting the Model 70 Winchester as the average shooter would shoot it.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 21
The steelhead, every inch of him, is worthy of the name, "Game Fish."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 22
News and facts about Alaska.
THE MULLIGAN POT A department 25
Methods of preserving meat by "jerking."
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May, 1937. Volume III. No.5
KILLER WHALE Assassin of the Deep Cover
Photo by H. L. Wood.
A WOLF THAT WILL HOWL NO MORE Frontispiece 4
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
A huge investment which needs greater attention.
ALASKA HOLIDAY Brien T. King 6
A Seattle doctor looks over Alaska's scenery and its bears.
TRAPPER'S LIFE Ivar Peterson 10
Want to he an Arctic trapper? Here's what it takes.
THE WATER TRAIL Jack Allman 12
The final installment of a thrilling Alaska fiction story.
THERE SHE BLOWS! T. A. Darling 13
Want to catch a whale? Get a boat, an explosive harpoon and 750 feet of rope.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 18
In May it is possible to dangle lures before an increasing variety of sport fish.
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June, 1937. Volume III. No.6.
BROWNIE TAKES A LOOK, An inquisitive bear Cover
Photo from Wesley Myers.
MISS ALASKA Frontispiece 4
Photos by Becker Photo Company.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
The need for an Alaska wide organization of sportsmen.
MEL WENT FISHIN' Fred K. Ordway 6
And the big one did NOT get away!
A TRIBUTE TO OLD MAN RAVEN E. L. Keithahn 8
In which this sagacious fellow is nominated for Territorial honors.
ALASKA HOLIDAY Brien T. King 10
Some more short yarns and a few tall ones about bears. Part two.
MR. POST MEETS A BEAR Thomas B. Drayton 12
And such a meeting! It was serious then, but humorous now.
KING OF THE ICE COUNTRY Sherwood Wirt 14
The muskox returns to Alaska.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 18
Something about the firing mechanism of the new Winchester Model 70
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier,"
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 22
In which it is indicated that the fly fisherman has
the edge on the bait fisherman.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 26
The Pyrola asarifolia. A department.
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July, 1937. VOLUME III. No.7
ALONG ALASKA'S MOUNTAIN-SHELTERED SEAS Cover
Photograph by Leonid Fink, courtesy Western Engraving & Colortype Company.
ALASKA MOUNTAIN SHEEP A hardy animal 6
Photograph from Alaska Game Commission.
SITKAN DEER The black-tail species 7
Photograph from Alaska Game Commission.
WHAT! NO BEAR? George B. Petty 8
The story of the taking of a record moose by a disappointed bear hunter.
[Moose hunting on the Kenai Peninsula.]
WAR'S END IN BERING SEA Robert N. De Armond 11
The last shot of the Civil War was far from Gettysburg and later than Appomattox.
INSIDE AN IGLOO Lona E. Morlander 13
Before you enter you crawl through a tunnel-and you don't knock.
FISH A'PLENTY Trout and salmon 14
A group of sport-fishing pictures
GAME A'PLENTY Birds and animals 15
A page of wildlife photographs.
OUTDOOR ALASKA A scenic wonderland 16
Mount McKinley, Mendenhall Glacier and other views.
ALASKA THE BOUNTIFUL Will H. Chase 18
A physician, former long-time mayor of Cordova, tells of its discovery and resources.
THE FUTURE OF FUR RANCHING Earl N. Ohmer 20
Petersburg's leading businessman and former mayor tells of fur ranching opportuniies.
ALASKA ANSWERS CRY FOR GOLD Mining scenes 22
Photographs of gold nuggets and mining operations.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 28
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE TRAP LINE A department 39
How one Alaska fur buyer saves time by flying for furs.
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August, 1937. Volume III. No.8.
SITKA, THE HISTORICAL SHRINE An air view Cover
Photograph from United states Geological Survey.
MAP OF ALASKA The Sportsman's Paradise 4
Hunting regions of Alaska, illustrated and described.
HIGHWAY 0' DREAMS The road to Palmer 6
Frontispiece- photograph by Maurice L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
What are the reasons for no greater development of Alaska's mineral resources?
GLACIER GOLD Anonymous 8
An unusual fact story of an unusual prospect developed by work and perseverance.
[Prospecting under Texas Creek & Chickamin Glacier near Hyder, Alaska.]
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS George R. O'Neill 10
Behind-the-scenes hunting episodes, one of which is unusual, to say the least.
AGRICULTURAL PAY DIRT A. E. Schoettler 12
There's wealth other than mineral to be had from Alaska's good earth.
THE QUEST Ethel Kavanaugh 14
Dragging a hook and line isn't all there is to King salmon fishing.
THE STIKINE-RIVER OF BEAUTY Leslie Deane 16
Romance, gold, game, and fur all abound on this mighty glacial stream.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 21
A department, in which the Goodnews Bay District is discussed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 25
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 29
Something about the Saxifrage family.
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September, 1937. Volume III. No.9.
SITKAN DEER Species of black-tail Cover
Photo by E. Andrews.
THE HUNTER GOES FORTH In search of deer 6
Frontispiece- Photo by C. R. Snow.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
The new Alaska.
DOWN GOES THE WINDSOR Joseph Lester 8
A fact story of a thrilling adventure on an Alaska fish packer.
AFLOAT AND AFOOT IN BROWNIE LAND Howard E. Thompson 10
A record brownie-four goats, two black and three other brown bears fill the bag.
THERE ARE ICE WORMS! Walter Weston 12
Strange as it seems, worms do live on glaciers in the summer time.
DEAD MAN'S DIARY A dramatic record 13
Ill and without food, a trapper puts up a losing but heroic battle.
[body of V. Swanson, Dry Bay between Lituya Bay & Yakutat,
the “Wildman of Dry Bay.”]
SHEEP, BEAR, CARIBOU AND MOOSE A. B. Learned 14
A hunter takes a record sheep head and other Alaska trophies in record time.
[Sheep & bear hunting on the Russian River near Seward;
George Nelson & Luke Ewell were the guides.]
DEER OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA C. R. Snow 16
There's much "meat" in this comprehensive article on an interesting subject.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier".
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 21
The Winchester .219 Zipper is born.
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October, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 10.
THE WHITE SENTINEL A mountain goat Cover
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS Frontispiece 6
On Richardson Highway. Photo from Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
This question of game preservation versus the game hog.
FISHING WITHOUT A HOOK E. L. Keithahn 8
Wherein a Nimrod takes the fish out of fishing and still finds it great sport.
WHITE SENTINELS OF MOUNT REGAL Alfonse Nickolaus 10
In Which three hunters cross a glacier and other hazards to get their quarry.
OFF FOR ALASKA! Rose Gunn 12
The first of a series of letters of a "chechako," otherwise known as newcomer.
DOWN GOES THE WINDSOR Joseph Lester 14
The final installment of a thrilling adventure on an Alaska fish packer.
ESKIMOS HUNT WHALES CEREMONIOUSLY N. Leighton Smith 16
How they seek the bowhead whale off St. Lawrence Island.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 21
Prospecting and mining activities and possibilties in the Lower Kuskokwim.
THE TRAP LINE C. R. Snow 23
A department of particular interest to trappers.
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November, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 11.
ALASKA'S BROWN' BOMBERS Cover
Photo by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
WHITE MOUNTAINEERS OF McKINLEY PARK Frontispiece 6
Mountain Sheep. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Territorial Assay Offices-a boon to the prospector and the Territory.
ADVENTURE IN '98 A. J. Hutchinson. 8
Mosquitoes, mountains, underbrush and water can be as terrible as snow and cold.
[Prospecting party in 1898 that intended to go to the Tanana via the Susitna.
They stopped in May 1898 at the store in Tyonek where the storekeeper was
Jim Cleghorn. Party included Rudolph Larson of Bloomsbury, Idaho &
Phillip Rosenbaum of Muskateen, Iowa. They went up Kashwitna River heading
for the Talkeetna Mountains.]
EXPRESS TRAIN FURY Charles B. Morgan 10
Sometimes if a guide isn't along, it would be just too bad.
[Bear hunt in Stephens Passage between Seymour Canal & Gambier Bay,
Admiralty Island. Bear hunting guide was John Barlow.]
JURY DUTY John Q. Adams 12
In Alaska it's possible to get goat and moose between court cases.
[goat hunting near Valdez & moose hunting on the Kenai Peninsula.]
IN KETCHIKAN Rose Gunn 14
The second of a series of letters of a Chechako.
THE CHIEF BUILDS A HOUSE Hal Gould 16
The Hydahs erected interesting and attractive communal houses.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 23
A department of interest to the gun owner.
FLORA, OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 25
A department, in which a reader describes her impressions of some Arctic flowers.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 27
Prospecting opportunities in the Koyukuk, Kobuk and Colville regions.
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December, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 12.
A TRAPPER'S CABIN Cover
Photo by Bert's Drug Store.
OKTOKOYUK- ESKIMO SORCERER Frontispiece 6
Photo by Otto Wm. Geist.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
The need for roads in the development of Alaska.
THE SPY IN THE IGLOO Otto Wm. Geist 8
Age-old ceremonials clash with Christian ideas at St. Lawrence Island.
[photos of Owhwowin, oldest woman on St. Lawrence Island, & Massion,
oldest man at Sevuckuk, St. Lawrence Island. The article is primarily about
Gramdma Owhwowin]
THEY ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK John Peters 10
Are Sitkan deer wise or "dumb" animals? A hunter argues both ways.
CHIGNIK TRAPPER John Hillborn 12
A trapper fights a wolverine empty handed, and sees a bear commit suicide.
MEN OF IRON, DOGS OF SPEED 0. A. Braafladt 14
Dog races in the early days were supreme tests of canine and human strength.
[About the history of dog racing in Alaska, including the All Alaska Sweepstakes,
All Alaska Championship, Solomon Derby, Fox Ramsay, Leonhard Seppala,
Iron Man Johnson, Scotty Allan, etc.]
A DREAM COMES TRUE Rose Gunn 16
The third and fourth of a series of letters of a Chechako.
[A job as a watchman on the fish traps of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
The Seward Peninsula has immense placer gold desposits but little lode gold.
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January, 1938. Volume IV. No. 1.
DAWES GLACIER, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA Cover
Photo by U. S. Navy Aerial Survey.
THE ARTIST Frontispiece 4
Poem by Walter Weston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
Is Alaska the "Land of Opportunity"?
WINTER IS THE TIME TO KNOW ALASKA Churchill Fisher 6
And a good place to discover Alaska is in the charming village of Hope.
SURPRISE ATTACK Steve McCutcheon 8
When four or five shots fail to stop a bear a shaky feeling is excusable. [A hunt
on the esatern & western slopes of Broad Pass, Alaska.]
GYPSY HENRY GOES A-STRIPPING Edward A. Herron 10
But "Never again" says this masterful soul-not, at least, in the Bessie. [Salmon
fishing near Auk Bay, Alaska.]
WARM HEARTS Rose Gunn 12
The fifth of a series of letters of a Chechako.
TAKU GLACIER SURVEY Lieut. Geo. Morris, Jr. 14
Nature, through the medium of a glacier, makes a few changes-Man records them.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 17
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 19
A department of interest to the gun owner.
THE RESCUE A. E. Wells 21
What might have been an unexplained disappearance resulted fortunately for "Charlie."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
Wars and rumors of war should make the search for cinnabar advisable. A department.
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February, 1938. Volume IV. No. 2.
MOUNT CRILLON, LITUYA BAY Cover
Photo by U. S. Aerial Survey.
THE NEW TRAIL BREAKER Photo by Leonard Delano. Frontispiece 3
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
Good words for the Matanuska Colony, now "On Its Own."
LITUYA - THE BEWITCHER Jay Williams 6
There is a bewitchingbeauty about this bay that has led men to death.
[Laperouse expedition in Lituya Bay. Jim Huscroft lived on Cenotaph Island. In
1899 Hans Nelson & wife Edith decided to winter over in Lituya Bay. With them
was Martin Dennin who started shooting people, including Chester Applequist.]
CAPTAIN GOOD, DENTIST Gerald A. Estep 8
A dentist sails his chair and his drills to Outposts of Civilization.
[Alaska Peninsula & Bering Sea.]
SNOWBOUND John Q. Adams 10
If you gamble on the weather you're likely to get no game.
END OF THE SEASON Rose Gunn 12
The last of a series of Letters of a Chechako.
FOUR LONG BLASTS Clarke Crichton, Jr. 14
When they blow, it means someone is in trouble and the Coast Guard is called.
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 17
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
The importance to Alaska of its platinum. A department.
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March, 1938. Volume IV. No. 3.
HERRING POUND AT JUNEAU Cover
Photo by R. S. Bragaw and Maurice L. Sharp.
END OF THE DAY Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 5
Do other nations know the value of Alaska better than we do ourselves?
STEAMBOAT 'ROUND THE BEND! Lona E. Morlander 6
The big event of ;he month at Yakutat is the arrival of the steamer.
CAN WOMEN HUNT GOAT? Ruth Jackson 8
Yes, and get them, too, in spite of difficulties.
HARPOONED COURAGE Ralph A. Ferrandini 10
When it comes to great strength, bravery and persistence in a losing fight you have
to hand the honors to the whale. [Whaling at Akutan & Akun Pass.]
GOING TO SCHOOL IS POPULAR A. E. Schoettler 12
In Alaska-that is. Maybe it's the way school is conducted and because of the
teachers and the school buildings.
ON A PURSE SEINER Billy Carlson 14
You must be prepared to meet fortune and misfortune with equal equanimity.
[Ketchikan purse seiners including the Tyee.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 17
A department of interest to the gun owner.
FLORA, OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 21
A department, in which a reader describes her impressions of some Arctic flowers.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
Alaska tin mines and the possibilities for more discoveries of tin are. A department.
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April, 1938. Volume IV. No. 4
LINING UP THROUGH FIVE FINGER RAPIDS: Cover
A Yukon River Steamer. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
ELK AND DEER AT WARD LAKE Frontispiece 6
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
The future becomes "today," so why not plan for the future?
UP THE MIGHTY YUKON Fred K. Ordway 8
The big river has many moods, has seen exciting events and holds much of interest.
THE CAPTAIN TAKES THE WHEEL R. G. Baltazor 10
If he hadn't, it might have meant death for five men on Cook Inlet.
STICKS AND STONES Walter Weston 12
That's what it takes to build an interesting home if you've also ability and imagination.
PATHWAYS TO HAPPINESS Fred C. Woods 14
The CCC boys are building many trails, roads
and other facilities for enjoyment of the out of doors in Alaska.
THIS IS MATANUSKA! John Q. Adams 16
What is it really like? Are the prospects good or bad? Here is a frank discussion.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department. 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 25
A discussion of molybdenite ore and its occurrences in Alaska and elsewhere.
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May, 1938. Volume IV. No.5.
THE RED FOX A wise animal Cover
Photo by Gene Fields.
KATMAI AWAKES D. F. Howard 6
Frontispiece. A poem descriptive of an event told in "I Saw Katmai Blow Up."
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
As a book publisher, Uncle Sam is a poor advertiser.
THE COMMONEST SNAKEFEEDER Carsten Ahrens 8
Between showers, a scientist finds many specimens of a dragonfly in Alaska.
BOUNTY HUNTER Elmer Perkins 10
Wolves, seals and eagles provide profitable hunting and trapping for this Old Timer.
[Author had a prospect near the head of Helm Bay, Cleveland Peninsula]
THEY CAME IN MILLIONS Hal Gould 12
And the herring remained in Klawock Harbor for months afterward.
I SAW KATMAI BLOW UP D. F. Howard 13
The time Nature created the biggest explosion within the memory of man.
THIS IS MATANUSKA! John Q. Adams 14
The final second installment of an authoritative article about the Colony at Palmer.
A TROLLER'S TROUBLES Mary L. Westlund 16
Maybe you think this business of catching fish for a living is all fun.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 27
Do Alaska sport fishermen realize their many blessings?
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 28
A department which this month describes the Alaska plant known as crowberry.
THE RED FOX Gene Fields 29
A story which describes how this month's cover picture happened to be taken.
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June, 1938. VOLUME IV. Number 6.
BLACK BEAR CUB IN ICE CAVE "Cooling Off" Cover.
Photo by Leonard Delano.
HUNTER, GUIDE AND TROPHY Frontispiece 6
Photo by "Casey" Moran.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Are Alaskans overlooking something with regard to advertising Alaska's attractions?
A CALL TO THE KLONDIKE Ida Drumm Arnett 8
Hardships, gay life and sinister death marked the trail of the stampeders.
SO YOU WANT TO GO HUNTING Stan Lilian 12
If you do, and are bound for Alaska, then read this article. It's sound advice.
A TROLLER'S TROUBLES Mary L. Westlund 14
The final second installment of a true story of one troller's salmon fishing experiences.
HIS MAJESTY Jay Williams 16
Is it because he seeks the crags that this monarch of the heights is so little appreciated?
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
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July, 1938. Volume IV. Number 7.
AT HOME ON THE ROCKS Cover
Sea Lions on Sea Lion Rocks, near Seward. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
LONG LEGS OF KENAI Frontispiece 6
Photo by W. H. Jackson.
[photograph of twin moose calves]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
What should be done about the Alaska Indian?
CHILDREN OF THE SEA C. L. Andrews 8
They are truly misfortune's children, these once harrassed and now very rare sea otter.
THEIR SUN STILL RISES Churchill Fisher 10
Yes, there were hardy settlers in Matanuska Valley before the Colonists came,
and they loved the land. [photograph of the members of the Old Timer’s
Sewing Club; mentions Charlie Laurence who lived alone up by Fishhook
Mountain; photo of John Bugge farm; Phil the roadhouse keeper]
GRAND COUNTRY, BIG GAME Rea Allen Murdock, Jr. 12
"Grand Country"-that only partly describes the wonders of the Cassiar
as seen on a hunting trip. [Barington Transportation Company steamer Hazel B,
Captain Hill Barington; George Ball was outfitter]
A CALL TO THE KLONDIKE Ida Drumm Arnett 14
The final, second installment of a fact story of a trip to the Dawson gold fields
during the gold rush.
I WENT PRAWNING E. L. Keithahn 18
There are many wonders beyond the shoreline not often seen by man,
unless he goes prawning. [Shrimper “Wesley” owned by George Sumption,
partner Neil Grant, Reliance Shrimp Cpmpany, Wrangell]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 23
A department in which the significance of recent developments
in the field of antimony is discussed.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 29
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 31
A department which this month discusses the cloudberry,
known to botanists as Rubus Chamaemorus.
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August, 1938. Volume IV. Number 8.
NOME ESKIMO WOMAN AND CHILD Cover
Photo by J. P. C. Skottowe from Hylen Photo Shop.
STEAMER BARANOF AT SEWARD Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Alaska as it really is. Impressions by a guest editorial writer, H. William Asendorf.
ALASKA IS DIFFERENT Sunny Joyce 8
The story of a trip through Southeastern Alaska, told by a stop-over visitor.
DWELLERS IN THE HOUSE OF SLEEP Barrett Willoughby 12
Alaska's most famous writer describes some odd Alaska memorials.
[Keet’s house of sleep (grave house)]
MILLIONS OF WILD FACES Maxcine Williams 14
Taking "portraits" of Alaska's beautiful wild flowers is this writer's hobby.
THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY Fred Mansell 16
In which some experiences hunting the grizzly during the past 25 years are related.
[In the Cassiar country above Hazelton heading for the Alaska border
where they hunted]
IT'S SAFE TO GO AHEAD Leslie Deane 20
How Alaska's great coastline is marked by aids to navigation
and guarded by men of the Lighthouse Service.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 29
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 39
A department of particular interest to the man or woman with a gun.
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September, 1938. Volume IV. Number 9.
SCENE AT SITKA Cover
Photo by Merrill studio.
AURORA BOREALIS Frontispiece 6
Photo by M. L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Money for more roads in Alaska would result in a flow of more gold to the States.
STAMPEDE TO GOODNEWS BAY Kay J. Kennedy 8
A girl with "stampede fever" flies into "No Woman's Land.."
GIANTS OF THE NEWHALEN [rainbow trout] Ray E. McDonald 10
You've got to have good gear, good judgment, and a strong arm to land these rainbows!
WISE GUY Oscar V. Wells 12
The moral of this tale is "Never try to be what you ain't."
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA A Page of Pictures 13
But before you believe that one of the pictures is of Dr. Hufman, see page 29!
CHIGNIK [Chignik cannery] Gerald A. Estep 14
Where scenery is grand, men are "imported," and fish are canned.
HERE ON THE PRIBILOFS June Lipke 16
Seals may come and seals may go, but they always come back to these islands.
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
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October, 1938. Volume IV. Number 10.
A BIT OF "COLOR" A prospector at work Cover
Photo by Milotte Studio.
INDIAN GRAVE TOTEM Frontispiece 6
Photo by Schallerers Photo Shop.
[totem poles on Pennock Island near Ketchikan, Eagle clan]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
A reconstructed Indian village would be a big asset to Southeastern Alaska.
WHAT'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? Stan Lilian 8
It's a great deal different in some parts of Alaska than some people think it is.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA A page of pictures 11
Most of these are snow scenes, but there's a bit o' Alaska jungle, too.
DOWN THE SUSITNA FOR MOOSE Steve McCutcheon 12
There's a thrill fighting this big river as well as in seeing game birds and animals.
[Charles R. Nelson, M.L. Whinnery; Susitna Station, operator of the trading post
A.L. Lynam guided party; characters include 30-30 Joe, Siwash Carlson,
Forty Horsepower Swede, Flipjack Fanny, Airship Ike]
HOMER ON THE INLET Churchill Fisher 14
Here's a growing community that just needs roads for great development!
THE lNDIANS WON'T TELL L. L. Bales 16
But there's an interesting story behind each totem pole.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and Facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken, Editor 28
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
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November, 1938. Volume IV. Number 11.
A HUSKY PUP Cover
Photo courtesy Hudson's Bay Company.
LETTERS A new department 3
Some correspondence concerning subjects of general interest.
CANADA GEESE Frontispiece 6
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Concerning the protection of the public property we own in our wildlife resources.
LAZY JOHN WAS PROUD OF HIS Hal Gould 8
The nicknames acquired on a frontier often are descriptive and usually stick.
[Windy Bill Morgan; Six Shooter Grant from Ketchikan; John Fintzen;
Gold Stick Jonnie; Tommy the Horse; Muddy Creek Mittenburg, the prospector;
Blueberry Jonnie, aka the Blueberry Kid; Fiddler John; Dimond Dick; Slap’er
Down Louie; Lazy John; Black Hand Charlie; Timberline Gus; Rosebud Johnnie
lived off the country; Assessment Work MacNit; Good Enough Larry; Wooden
Shoe McIntosh; Five Dollar Weiner; Kangaroo Kelly; Flapjack Louis ate flapjacks
three times a day; Step-and-a-half Haslan had one short leg; Two Step Louis never
danced to anything but the two-step; Argo Bill came to St. Michael on the steamer
Argo; Steam Shovel Pete; Brainy Smith; Speedy Stiff caught a thief; two-faced Jack,
aka the Double-bitted Axe; Jekel & Hyde Swift; Hard-luck Sam; and Smiling Albert,
Deep Hole Tobin; Snow Goggle Hood; Swiftwater Bill was afraid of the rapids;
Moosehide Charlie; High-grade Kid; Low-grade Tim; Boozy Carew; Whiskey Pete;
Hungry Smith; Mystery Knut; Conscientious Brown; True Story Sutfin;
Most-assuradely Pebble; Slim Shofield; Gravity Grant. From Wiseman & the Kobuk
country: Frozen-foot Johnson; Alaska Pete; Three-fingered Bob; One-eyed Jack;
Club-foot Al; Rat-faced Hasting. Klondike Kate; Virgin Annie; Yes Bay Gus; Pike
Pole Slim; Dynamite Joe; Hook Ole; San Juan Jack Fish Packing Co.; Handlogger
Jackson; Deep-water Gus; Russian Bob; Lucky Joe; and the Blue-back Kid.]
THIS KLUANE LAKE COUNTRY M. A. Blackmore 10
It's a great place for game and fur, but not as good as it used to be.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA A page of pictures 11
Photos by Raymond Meline.
BOY VERSUS BROWN BEAR Lester Clay Essig, Jr. 12
A twelve-year-old boy goes hunting with his father and is charged by a Brownie.
[hunt for caribou north of Fairbanks toward the Arctic Circle; then a
Tustumena Lake hunt guided by A.M. Slim Crocker, & Ed Zittle as cook.]
THE INDIANS WON'T TELL L. L. Bales 14
The final, second installment of an article concerning the meaning of totem poles.
IN DEFENSE OF THE HUSKY Edward Green 16
Is the husky a dangerous, savage beast of burden, or very much maligned?
[Corporal Graves, mountie station, God’s Lake, Nortghern Manitoba.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 23
A department which this month discusses the coppor bush and the structure of flowers.
ARMS AND AMMUN1TION Claude Aiken 24
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
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December, 1938. Volume IV. Number 12.
MOOSE AT LAKE TUSTUMENA, KENAI PENINSULA Cover
Photo by Francois Edmond-Blanc.
LETTERS A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
MOUNT BLACKBURN AND KENNECOTT GLACIER 6
Frontispiece. Photo by H. W. Hentschel.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
It takes capital to pry loose this $36 gold, but there's much to gain.
OFF FOR KING COVE Kenneth L. Cohen 8
The first in a series of letters of a King Cove school teacher.
[met Mr & Mrs J. Gerald Williams who taught at Unga. Mrs Williams was
Harriet Sey of Juneau; also taught at Hope, Alaska. George McDonald owns the
Cordova drug store. W.K. Leise principal of school lead them on tour of
Jesse Lee Home. Sailed on the ship Starr.Jack McCord of McCord Landing.]
ALONE As told to Charl Finley 10
It's easy and pleasant to outwit loneliness if you have beautiful scenery and keep busy.
[A woman who homesteaded, three miles from the nearest neighbor,
on the Kenai Peninsula,]
OUT FROM ELDORADO Arthur Jerome Beecher 12
There's the thrill of excitement in this story of the early gold-rush days!
[Partner was Tommy Conway. Came out with many pounds of gold. Mentions the
Blue Elephant Saloon. Charlie Moore was a gambler at Circle City. The previous
season the author was a trader on the Portus B. Weare. Al Mayo trading post at the
mouth of the Tanana.River. Arrived with the first gold to reach San Francisco
July 7, 1897.]
GOAT HUNT AT EKLUTNA LAKE Steve McCutcheon 14
Four hunters go off into the wilderness, meet other hunters, and get one goat.
[In addition to the author: Red Nelson, Harvey Carlson.]
STRANGER THAN FICTION E. L. Keithahn 16
A teacher and his wife try to hurry out of Alaska and run into an unusual adventure.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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January, 1939. Volume V. Number 1.
LOG CABIN IN ALASKA Cover
Photo by Becker.
LETTERS A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
MOUNT McKINLEY AND WONDER LAKE Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Shall the International Highway take the Hazelton route or a route to the east?
BLACK WOLVES OF REVILLAGIGEDO Lawrence Carson 8
To be charged by a bear, then by a killer in the form of a wolf
is one man's experience.
ATKA CALLS UMNAK Jay Ellis Ransom 10
While a blizzard rages, two operators in western outposts talk by radio about skis.
[Umnak Sheep Ranch. Aredlion "Artie" Ermeloff, an Umnak Aleut radio operator]
THERE'S FUR, TOO, AT BRISTOL BAY Frank North 12
And there's a living to be made far to the westward by men ready to pioneer.
[Mrs. Henry Shade at Clark's Point; Captain Pete Wold of the motorship Fern
on the mail run; Port Moller.]
THE NORTH STAR PAYS A VISIT Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The second in a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
MAN MEETS BEAR E. Stoy Reed 16
Here are some tales of what does happen when Mister Man meets Mister Bruin.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, Editor 26
A department in which ferns are this month discussed.
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February, 1939. Volume V. Number 2.
BOUNDARY SURVEY PARTY EN ROUTE UP MOUNT ST. ELIAS Cover
Photo by International Boundary Commission from Thomas Riggs.
LETTERS A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
THE SILVER HORDE Frontispiece 6
Photo by Oscar Hutton.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
A few words in favor of retaining the bounties on wolves and eagles.
THE BAY Joseph Lester 8
When the Silver Horde rushes into Bristol Bay it finds men there to meet them.
STOP THAT BEAR! Samuel E. Hostetter 10
This hunter had to climb for goats, but a brown bear came to meet him!
HOW NOT TO TRAP Ethel Kavanaugh 12
There's more to this trapping game than what you get from "book learning."
KING COVE HOLIDAYS Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The third of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY Thomas Riggs 16
An ex-Governor of Alaska tells about a survey through unexplored wilderness.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE TRAP LINE A department 25
Stories of encounters with some wise old wolves, by Otis H. Speer.
WORLD'S LARGEST ANTLERS Kay J. Kennedy 28
Tom Odale, who lives in the heart of the moose country, finds the biggest horns.
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March, 1939. Volume V. Number 3.
MOTORSHIP PATTERSON ASHORE AT CAPE FAIRWEATHER Cover
Photo by Alaska Air Transport.
TOTEM POLE AT SITKA Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Are Alaskans awake to the possibilities of promoting greater tourist traffic?
SHIP WRECK Stan Lilian 8
There were deeds of heroism in connection with this outstanding rescue
on a bleak shore. [Cape Fairweather; radio man second class Roy V. Sogaard.
Partol boats Cyane and Alert; motorship Patterson ashore 20 miles south of
Yakutat near Cape Fairweather; Captain Bune of the Patterson]
THE SECRET OF THE PETROGLYPHS E. L. Keithahn 10
A student of these prehistoric carvings tries to explain their significance.
BATTLE FOR LIFE Kenneth L. Cohen 12
The fourth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
I MARRIED AN ALASKA PHOTOGRAPHER Laura P. Ordway 14
Fred Ordway's enthusiasm for taking pictures of Alaska's scenery
took them everywhere.
RESTORATION C. M. Archbold 16
Public education and enjoyment is being enriched through work on old totem poles.
[Cape Fox village and Old Kasaan; totem erected in 1918 at Saxman in front of
Chief Kashakes' house; sun totem owned by the Andrews, McKay, and Kian
families of Saxman & Ketchikan erected on Pennock Island about 1900.
Linn A. Forrest, architect for Alaska National Forest, directed the restoration]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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April, 1939. Volume V. Number 4.
SHEEP ON UMNAK ISLAND Photo by J. Ellis Ransom Cover
The cross marks the site of an early-day Russian church.
ESKIMOS OF LITTLE DIOMEDE Frontispiece 6
Photo taken by an Eskimo for J. C. P. Scottowe.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Don't come to Alaska for the purpose of trapping or "living off the country."
SHEEP RAISING ON UMNAK Jay Ellis Ransom 8
It takes more than an abundance of grass and a mild climate to raise sheep.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA Pictorial section 10
Scenic shots from here and there in the Territory.
DOWNSTREAM DANGER Hortense Landru 12
A summer of prospecting ends in a thrilling adventure from an unexpected source.
SPRING ARRIVES Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The fifth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
A BEAR'S AMBUSH E. H. Pomeroy 16
When a wounded bear turns hunter watch out!
SALMON DERBY Laura P. Ordway 18
There are thrills and excitement a-plenty at this annual Juneau fishing event.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION A department. Claude Aiken, Editor 28
Something about binoculars, barrel twist, & the Winchester Model 52.
ALASKA ODDITES C. K. Weil 30
A new cartoon feature presenting odd and interesting facts.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, Editor 32
A department, in which Arctic flora is discussed.
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May, 1939. Volume V. Number 5.
A LOGGER AT WORK Photo by Becker Cover
A beaver on a construction project.
JUNEAU GOLD MINE Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial George W. Folta 7
A guest writer discusses conditions affecting Alaska wildlife preservation.
MUSEUM EXPEDITION Harold Benjamin Clark 8
An American Museum of Natural History party has some thrilling experiences.
TWENTY BEAVERS Steve McCutcheon 10
Two trappers get "their limit" and meet an exciting adventure homewardbound.
SIDE TRIP WITH A MAGNUM Robert J. Tobin 12
Salmon, deer, goats & brown bears, but not black bears,
provide interesting diversion.
GROUNDED AT SLATE CREEK Wm. T. Ackerman 14
An airplane keeps this pilot up in the air even when it's on the ground.
READJUSTMENT Kenneth L. Cohen 16
The sixth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
ARCTIC REINDEER CAMP Lona E. Morlander 18
Eskimos are busy when it's fawning time in the reindeer herds.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature presenting odd and interesting facts about Alaska.
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June, 1939. Volume VI. Number 6.
THREE BLACK BEARS Photo by Becker Cover
Just cubs.
LETTERS A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
GLACIER MINE Frontispiece 6
Photo by R. Gerwels. [Solo Mine near Hyder.]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Shall we let large areas of Alaska's wildlife habitat go up in smoke?
A GUIDE'S STORY Pat Hollywood 8
Alaska guides know hard work, but there are many compensating factors.
[Hunting party on the yacht Westward at Juneau. C. P. Bently of Owosso; Captain
Charles H. Thompson of Miami; Allen Hasselborg the other guide; Gambier Bay,
Admiralty Island, & Windfall Harbor.]
TELLER FREEZE-UP D. L. Sancrant 12
Men must hurry when the ice "starts coming up from China" as it were.
[1921 expedition on the motorship Sierra to the "dog-hole" ports of Norton Sound;
Port Clarence; Teller; first mate was Al Hansen]
OUTDOORS AT OHOGAMUTE Inez E. Moore 14
On the last frontier, many women do not believe that woman's place is in the cabin.
[author was wife of trading post owner and radio operator.]
EARTHQUAKES AND WINDSTORMS Kenneth L. Cohen 16
At remote King Cove, Nature puts on a show or two and a bear comes a-visiting.
[visit by Allan Peterson, US Marshall from Unga; Tom Dobson's store; Andy
Hotovitcky; Axel Samuelson.]
ANCHORAGE FUR AUCTION Joseph Lester 18
Fresh from the hills come furs and trappers to this exciting and promising rendezvous.
[Fur Rendezvous. Fur Rondy. Mink rancher Bert Olson; Fox farmer Archie McLane;
Tom Bevers; Ellen Kinne; Lillian Gabriel; Mills; Romig; Bragaw; Bennett sisters;
Ardethnlaska of the Bennett Fur Farm; Clyde Ellis, manager of the Rondy;
Roy Holm of Woodley Airways; Don Rogers; Miller Leonard; Mary Margaret
Abercrombie was queen of the Rondy.]
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ON A SUMMER'S DAY Maxcine Williams 22
A glorious day promotes some buffoonery on the part of a flock of guillemots.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson 29
A department, in which Alaska's Territorial Flower is discussed.
FORESTS AND TRAILS Wellman Holbrook 30
A department, in which opportunities for "cashing in"
on some products of the forests are discussed.
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July, 1939. Volume VI. Number 7.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA CANNERY Cover
Photo of salmon cannery at Steamboat Bay, Noyes Island,
from U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.
A PORT LANDING Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
How much of Alaska's wildlife should be sacrificed for a larger population?
BLUE GOLD OF THE ALEUTIANS George L. De Venne 8
Storms, shipwrecks, hardships and interesting adventure
are found on these islands.
WOMAN UNAFRAID Lois Hudson Allen 10
The Chatelaine of Lawing Roadhouse is more aggressive
and resourceful than many men.
CANNERY MEN NORTH Bob Schiller 12
When spring is in the air, thousands of men head for Alaska to can salmon.
WHERE'S THE MAIL BOAT? Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The last of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
HARD TO KILL Charles R. Nelson 16
A story which again proves that you can't tell what a brown bear will do.
I TOOK MY BRIDE TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS Jay Ellis Ransom 18
City-born and city-reared, she found frontier life primitive, but not lonely.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
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August, 1939. Volume V. Number 8.
AN ALASKA OUTDOOR WINTER SPORT Cover
Photo by Maurice L. Sharp.
BRIEF ALASKA DRAMAS A department 6
Out to Sea on an Ice Cake. A true story by Willa A. Folger. [village of Golovin and
Grandma Kogo Harding, oldest Eskimo woman in Golovin, is focus of article.]
SAILING MOUNTAIN-SHELTERED SEAS Frontispiece 8
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
Alaska brains and Alaska money are working hard to develop "The Last Frontier."
GOLD RUSH BAD TOWN Anne Woods 10
Dangerous. and dishonest men mingled with the true and brave at this gateway
to the gold fields. [Skagway & Captain William Moore; Frank H. Reid; Soapy Smith]
PIONEERS OF COPPER RIVER Louise Whittaker 14
Those who did not find the gold they sought often found happiness on a homestead.
[Johnny Walker (Dexter Wilson Walker of Horicon Wisconsin who came to
Alaska in 1894); photo of Alaganic; Old Russian trading post.]
WE SETTLED DISPUTES WITH FISTS John B. Wallace 16
It often was a case of give and take in the Nome of 1905. [Japanese Mary;
B. B. Dobbs.]
FAMILY LIFE ON THE MIST ISLANDS A. E. Friborg 18
It is not monotonous for the two million polygamists of the Pribilofs
--except for the bachelors.
NO WONDER THEY CALLED IT AN ICE BOX Early-day pictures 20
People who sought information about Alaska seventy years ago
found it in drawings like these.
SLED DOGS TO APPLE BLOSSOMS Present-day photos 26
It's according to where you are what you'll see in this big Territory.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 29
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA C. K. Weil 43
A cartoon feature.
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September, 1939. Volume V. Number 9.
PHOTOGRAPHING MOOSE AT LAKE TALSULITNA Cover
Photo of Arthur S. Crites and two young bull moose, taken by John Utterstrom.
BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
The man who dissipates our wildlife inheritance
cannot possibly realize the gravity of his offenses.
THRILLS, TROUBLES AND TROPHIES John Utterstrom 8
Bear, sheep and trout are bagged on a trip to the Sportsman's Paradise.
[Hunting with Arthur S. Crites of Bakersfield, Ca; John D. Nelson of the Alaska
Steamship advised them where to hunt; Wildlife agent Jack O'Connor; Dick Tousley
as senior guide; hunted Lake Talsulitna; transported by Arthur Woodley of
Woodley Airways; Bill Markley was cook.]
CONFESSIONS OF A FISH PIRATE As told to Joseph Lester 10
For six weeks during the salmon fishing season in Alaska,
a daring type of "fish rustling" is carried on.
A YEAR AT FIVE FINGER Paul Mestrezat 12
A man comes up out of a "hole in the ground" to live on an island and finds it enjoyable.
[Lighthouse tender Cedar at Auk Bay delivered them to Five Finger Light.
Akusha Island; Fanshaw post office; Port Houghton]
I LIVE OFF THE COUNTRY Floyd Knickerbocker 14
It's not very easy, even after you know how, but the outdoors has many compensations.
[Trapper from Michigan went over the Chishana Trail with gold seekers.]
THE DOGS STARTED BARKING Andrew Conrad 16
This is a rare story of the Arctic, a whale, a man and an Eskimo boy. [Golovin Bay.]
CLEAR THE LAND AND CROPS WILL GROW! Walter Weston 18
If you would learn facts about agriculture in Alaska, this is the thing to read!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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October, 1939. Volume V. Number 10.
A CABIN ON THE TRAP LINE Cover
Photo by Ed Ueeck of one of his cabins near Palmer.
See story, "I'll Get Old Club-Foot yet!"
AUTUMN ON THE KNIK RIVER Frontispiece 6
Photo by Maurice L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
What's the matter with Alaska?
I'LL GET OLD CLUB-FOOT YET! Ed Ueeck 8
A wolf caught this trapper napping once, but "never again!"
CLEAR THE LAND AND CROPS WILL GROW! Walter Weston 10
The second of a series of two articles on agricultural possibilities in Alaska.
BLACK BEARS OF THE NAHA Alda Orton 12
Bruin usually goes about his daily tasks serenely, but he can be pugnacious.
CONFESSIONS OF A FISH PIRATE As told to Joseph Lester 14
The second and third episodes of a series of exciting tales
of the salmon fisheries.
NOME WAS LIKE THAT John B. Wallace 16
Another fascinating story of Nome in the early days, told by a pioneer.
SOME WOLVES GET AWAY Lawrence Carson 18
Proving again that the trapper who gets them is the one
who doesn't give up the trail.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
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November, 1939. Volume V. Number 11.
NINE RAMS AND A LAMB Cover
Photo by Manley Sweazey. Mountain sheep in Mount McKinley Park.
A MAN-MADE CANYON Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Population versus economical transportation.
VOLUNTARY EXILE Kay Barker 8
New York society girl deserts the bright lights for a desolate Alaska fox island.
THE MEN IN THE WANIGAN F. P. Super 10
They're bound together by a spirit of comradeship these, men who
"range the field and rove the flood."
BUSH MADNESS S. A. Camp 12
You're in a tough spot when your only companions are crazy men.
WHEN THE AURORA HITS THE EARTH Arthur Jerome Beecher 14
Few men have had the tremendous thrill of walking right into the Northern Lights.
THREE STRIKES WAS OUT! John B. Wallace 16
When the whole baseball diamond washed out, the Nome games were called off.
ARCTIC TRAPPER Frank North 18
Blizzards, darkness, cold, and unusual food
are some of the features of trapping at Point Barrow.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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December, 1939. Volume V. Number 12.
WHEN AN ESKIMO SMILES Cover
Photo by George A. Dale.
ON THE LAST FRONTIER Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Too Many Settlers?
SOURDOUGH GOVERNOR Lois H. Allen 8
John W. Troy, now retiring from the Governorship, came to Alaska during the Gold Rush.
SHELDON SIMMONS, ALASKA PILOT Sherwood Wirt 10
Juneau's "Irish Angel" has flown on many a dangerous mission of mercy.
FISHIN' FOR FUN Laura P. Ordway 12
There are scientific anglers, there are anglers who fish for a living,
and anglers who fish just for fun.
ESKIMO CHRISTMAS E. L. Keithahn 14
Santa Claus does live in the Far North, he uses reindeer,
and-believe it or not- he is an Eskimo!
THE PEOPLE OF NOME WERE SCANDALIZED John B. Wallace 16
Nome had a problem very similar to many another early-day Alaska community.
IN THE TALLEST TREES Manley Sweazey 18
If you go collecting eagles for a zoo, you've got to expect to climb high.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 23
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 24
A cartoon feature.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 31
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
THE SLUICE BOX Victor Shaw 32
A department relating information concerning mining in Alaska.
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January, 1940. Volume VI. Number 1.
THE JOSEPH PULITZER AGROUND AT CHIGNIK Cover
Photo from the Portland Oregonian.
LETTERS A department 3
A reader discusses conservation,
TRAIL LAKE ON KENAI PENINSULA Frontispiece 6
Photo by Maurice Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Reasons for greeting 1940 with optimism.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY Kathryn Bradford 8
When Alaska "goes tropical" to the extent of rain 'most every day, it just doesn't seem right.
[Built a gold mining camp near Ketchikan, on the southeastern slope of Gold Mountain,
400 feet above sea level, above Smuggler's Cove on Cleveland Peninsula.]
SKELETON ON THE SHORE Gerald A. Estep 10
On the Chignik shore, the wreck of the Pulitzer gathers legend and mystery.
[In 1917 the 69 ton schooner was purchased by Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland,
Captain James Narro in command. Taking over from the steamer Dora, she delivered
mail for 3 years between Seward & Bristol Bay. Dec 18, 1920 grounded at Chignik.
Captain L. H. H. Jennings, one of her last masters. Last trip was from Seward
to Unga, John Rasmusson as master.]
WOLVES, EAGLES AND SEALS William Putvin 12
The wolves are tough, the eagles fly high and the seals make poor targets.
[Author was a bounty hunter, primarily hunting in Behm Canal.]
THE CLIFF DWELLERS Manley E. Sweazey 14
The kittiwake likes to make its nest in caves and on protected, inaccessible cliffs.
[Hunting companion was Captain James Dolan. They were in Prince William Sound
where Jim Dolan had lived since boyhood. Went to Blackstone Bay in the boat
"Luck O' the Irish" out of Port Wells.]
NORTH TO THE KOYUKUK Robert Claus 16
The first of two installments of an article about the experiences
of two young men with a "wanderlust" that took them to "Arctic Village."
Author was with his brother Gerry Claus. Lewis Carpenter, pilot, flew them to
Wiseman, Alaska. Mentions Bill English's store and Martin Slisco roadhouse; pilot
Herm Joslyn delivers eggs & bacon. Stayed at Ed Marsen's cabin. Herm Lerdahl
pilot of a Wien Cessna.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 21
A cartoon feature.
THE TRAP LINE A department 26
In which Rolland Osborne gives some pointers on trapping coyotes in Alaska.
FLORA OF ALASKA J. P. Anderson, Editor 29
A department in which the "gold thread" is described.
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February, 1940. Volume VI. Number 2.
OUTDOORSMAN AT WISEMAN Cover
Photo from Gustav Larson.
THE BELATED HARVEST Frontispiece 6
Photo taken in the Matanuska Valley by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Matanuska Colonists have many problems,
but overcoming early snowstorms is not a serious one.
FISH-TRAP WATCHMEN Dick Carbray and Henry Kastner. 8
The job of being caretaker of a fish-trap is short, but sweet.
OUR ISLAND HOME Helen F. Ebing 10
A life-long dream of living on an island at Sitka comes true. [Long Island, Sitka]
CHICKAMIN GOAT HUNT Harry Howroyd 12
When you have perfect companionship
and take your game with both camera and gun, that's fun!
NORTH TO THE KOYUKUK Robert Claus 14
The second of two installments of an article describing a trip to "Arctic Village."
TWELVE BROWN BEAR MEN Kay J. Kennedy 16
They have a big job, these wardens of game and fur on an area one-fifth the size of
the United States! [Alaska game wardens (wildlife agents): Sam O. White, Fairbanks;
Jack O'Connor, Anchorage; C. M. Carson, Dillingham; Grenold Collins, Seward;
Jack Benson, McGrath; Harold Gallwas, Marshall; Peter McMullen, Fort Yukon;
Clarence Rhode, Cordova; Hosea Sarber, Petersburg; Gareld Banta, Ketchikan;
Frank Glaser, predator control; Homer Jewell, Headquarters.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 28
A cartoon feature.
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March, 1940. Volume VI. Number 3.
NOME ESKIMOS CLEANING TOM COD Cover
Photo by Dobbs from John B. Wallace.
DOUGLAS SKI TRAILS Frontispiece 6
Photo by T. M. Davis taken near Gastineau Channel.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Wanted: Men of action, men of vision to develop Alaska.
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME Jay Ellis Ransom 8
The first of a series of three chapters of a fact story, "I Found a Home in Alaska."
[west coast of Prince of Wales Island & Waterfall Cannery]
ARCTIC SEA BATTLE D. L. Sancrant 10
The story of the fight between brave seamen and the elements
and the sinking of a brave little vessel, the Gasboat Defiance.
[Chief boatswain's mate Thomas Ross of the coast guard. Bringing supplies to the
village of Candle after a bad fire. Captain Edward G. Baker of the ship
Arthur J. Baldwin. Walter Dowd was U.S. Signal Corps radio operator in Kotzebue.]
HE GRAPPLED WITH A BEAR Conrad Puhr 12
The type of true story that is stranger than fiction!
[Bear hunt at Funter Bay on Admiralty Island. Mentioned are Stanley Beck & Rade
Peckovich]
FISH-TRAP PATROL Stan Lilian 14
Chasing pirates is a regular summer occupation for a number of boats
and men in Alaska waters each year. [Contract held by skipper of the Kadin.
Patrol between traps at Kassa Point & Shipwreck Point, east shore of Cordova Bay,
west coast of Prince of Wales Island.]
MINK RANCHER Lois Hudson Allen 16
Raising mink skins is hard work, but it has its compensations. [The mink ranch of
Russell Williams of Moose Pass area.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 24
A cartoon feature.
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April, 1940. Volume VI. Number 4.
TROUT FISHING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA Cover
Photo by A. E. Friborg.
FROST-BOUND Frontispiece 6
Photo by Maurice Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
Fur trapping versus fur ranching in Alaska.
COME AND GET 'EM! Joseph Lester 8
There's a lot of good trout fishing "going to waste" on Iliamna Lake.
RETURN OF THE RAVEN E. L. Keithahn 10
In the lore of the Indian, the raven usually returned with the sun, moon or stars,
but now his image has come back to Alaska with a rotted interior.
THE GATES SWING OPEN Jay Ellis Ransom 12
The second of a series of three chapters of "I Found a Home in Alaska."
KLUKWAN, HOME OF THE CHILKATS Harriet E. Williamson 14
The past meets the present at this historic old Indian village near Haines.
IN ALASKA, OF ALL PLACES! Don Holm 16
You'd expect dog-team races and skiing, but not football, baseball and tennis!
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department. 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
CHECHAKO FISHERMEN Lee Crawford 26
Proving that fishing in the rain can be great sport even if you get only Dolly Vardens.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder 28
Some pointers about sport fishing in Southeastern Alaska.
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May, 1940. Volume VI. Number 5.
PACK TRAIN IN THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRY Cover
Photo by J. Watson Webb, Jr.
SALMON TROLLER. Frontispiece 8
Photo by Joseph Lester.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
Let's celebrate the discovery of Alaska.
GIRL ON A HALIBUT BOAT Betty Annette Lowman 10
The first of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
I WAS SORT OF SCARED A. G. Nicodet 12
You begin to wonder how things are going to turn out
when you unexpectedly meet a bear in the woods.
PROSPECTING TRIP ON A VIKING SHIP T. L. Coates 14
They called her the "Flying Goose" because she rode the waters lightly. [A boat built on
Skilak lake by a Scandinavian trapper is taken up the Lewis River to look for gold]
HOME, AT LAST Jay Ellis Ransom 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "I Found a Home in Alaska."
WHEN ANIMALS WERE PEOPLE. E. L. Keithahn 18
The art of the Indians of the Northwest Coast is both interesting and original.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. C. K. Weil 27
A cartoon feature.
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June, 1940. Volume VI. Number 6.
CREVASSES AND SERACS Cover
Scene on Mendenhall Glacier. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
EROSION Frontispiece 8
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
Development of Alaska via International Highway.
WE TRIED TO SOLVE AN ARCTIC MYSTERY Homer Flint Kellems 10
And now they think they know what happened to the lost Soviet aviators.
PICKING 'EM OUT Nicholas Biddle 12
When you want a record-breaking moose trophy, don't shoot the first set of antlers you see.
RIVERS OF ICE TO GARDENS OF FLOWERS Laura P. Ordway 14
The sight of glaciers will "take our breath away" many times in Alaska.
WE'RE "ON THE FISH" Betty Annette Lowman 16
The second of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
THERE HAD BEEN EVIL OMENS George L. Devenny 18
A fact story of the last voyage of the Schooner Iskum.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
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July, 1940. Volume VI. Number 7.
FROM THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS Cover
Salmon en route upstream to spawn. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
THE BENDING ROD Frontispiece 8
Photo taken at Willow Creek by Becker.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
One of Alaska's greatest resources tries to break its bonds.
DREAM-BUILT EMPIRE Merrill K. Riddick 10
He had Broadway brains, but no capital and tried to lick the depression in Alaska.
AN INDIAN TOLD ME WHERE Stan Lilian 12
He found the path of least resistance paved with stumbling blocks.
[Karta River near Kasaan]
CRUISE OF THE LITTLE SNARK James Dyer 14
An adventuresome way to go to Alaska is in a little, eighteen-foot sloop.
HOME WITH A FULL LOAD Betty Annette Lowman 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
WILDERNESS OPPORTUNITIES Frank North 18
What has Alaska to offer the man who answers
the call to make a home on "The Last Frontier"?
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 20
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
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August, 1940. Volume VI. Number 8.
LEARNING TO CLIMB Cover
Black bear mother and cubs. Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
LYNN CANAL Frontispiece 8
Photo of Lynn Canal between Juneau and Skagway by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
It is now up to the individual sport-fisherman to determine
whether the abundant supply of trout in Alaska is perpetuated.
TRIP TO ALASKA Elizabeth Kaar Gilfoyl 10
There's variety, novelty and unexcelled scenery on a voyage along the "Inside Passage."
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA Photographs 14
Scenes from here and there on "The Last Frontier."
ALASKANS ALL Photographs 16
Residents of the great wilderness country.
WHAT'S IN ALASKA'S NAMES? Stan Lilian 18
The origin of and reasons for the variety of foreign-language names on Alaska's coast.
LADY LUCK WAS ONE OF HIS WOMEN M. Dean Williams 20
Swiftwater Bill Gates "had a way" with many women.
Here is the remarkable story of his life in Alaska.
WHALE HORSES ARE TOUGH HOMBRES Grenold Collins 22
Hunting walrus is exciting sport, but skinning the brutes is tiring.
SEALS, SALMON AND SITKA Photographs 24
Further evidence, in pictures, of the many items of scenic interest found in Alaska.
GOLD-RUSH MOTHER Bud Branham 26
The story of "Ma" Pullen, pioneer resident of Skagway.
THEY ROAM THE WILDERNESS Photographs 28
Deer, caribou, moose, bears, sheep, goats and musk ox are here portrayed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 31
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 48
A cartoon feature.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION Claude Aiken 50
A department in which the Garand rifle is discussed.
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September, 1940. Volume VI. Number 9.
ESKIMO LASS Cover
Photo by E. L. Keithahn.
ARCTIC SUMMER. Frontispiece 3
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop with poem by Walter Weston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
Mineral wealth versus agricultural riches.
CHEECHAKO IN THE WILDERNESS Helen Berg 10
A tenderfoot's experiences. The first of a series of three chapters of "My Wild Island Home."
WILD GEESE OF THE NAHA Alda Orton 12
Southeastern Alaska's native wild geese have individuality and a language all their own.
HE TAKES 'EM FOR A RIDE Lois Hudson Allen 14
With rare ingenuity and humor, Martin Itjen keeps alive the spirit of '98.
KATMAI'S BLACK-OUT Hildred D. Erskine 16
When one of Nature's bad boys doffs his cap watch out humanity!
SIGNALS FOR BROWN BEAR Robert A. Rose 13
If your bear wanders all over the mountain use a system of remote control!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
The Sluice Box A department 33
News of mines and mining in the "Land of Gold."
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October, 1940. Volume VI. Number 10.
SLED-DOGS RESTING AT NOON-DAY Cover
Photo by Richard Landry.
SALMON - FISHING TIME Frontispiece 8
Photo by Alaska Game Commission.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
The International Highway a military necessity? [Alcan Highway]
ADVENTUROUS LIFE Harold Snyder 10
Often, when bounty-hunting, you "make a killing" when you least expect to.
[Hunting seals, and bald eagles for bounty, White River & Leask Cove]
GOLD FROM UNDER THE SEA Edna M. Tucker 12
The problem of how to get the gold laying under the water,
near the old gold-laden beaches is being solved at Bluff.
THE MARSHAL AT UNGA Allan Peterson 14
The country may be wild, and some of the men may act tough,
but there are no two-gun men in Southwestern Alaska.
WRECKED AT DAWN Helen Berg 16
The second of three chapters of "My Wild Island Home." [Gravina Island,
Duke Island, Percy Islands]
I WAS THEIR TALISMAN Frank North 18
When the whales run past Point Barrow, everyone turns out to help
in hunting and cutting up the monsters.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 27
A cartoon feature.
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November, 1940. Volume VI. Number 11.
"JUMBO," an Alaska dog Cover
Photo by Gordon A. Burns.
CITY ON A TERMINAL MORAINE Frontispiece 8
Photo of Valdez by Asahel Curtis.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
A beginning has been made in providing defenses for Alaska. [Army & Navy air bases
at Fairbanks, Anchorage, Sitka, Kodiak, & Ketchikan]
GOLDEN EGGS Luther W. Guiteau 10
The first of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail," a story of the Gold-rush days.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT AT YAKUTAT "One Shot" George O'Neill 12
There's game, there's fish, there's hospitality and there are wolves
that get caught in flashlight pictures.
I DID THE COOKING C. W. Krause 14
Life on a cannery tender can be exciting even for the cook!
WE SOMETIMES HAVE VISITORS Helen Berg 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "My Wild Island Home."
THE LARGEST BEAR, THE BIGGEST MOOSE James L. Clark 18
In addition to the biggest trophies, Alaska has an excellent climate, marvelous scenery,
and no pests.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
The Sluice Box A department 34
News of mines and mining in the "Land of Gold."
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December, 1940. Number 12 . Volume VI.
HUNTER IN RAINY PASS Cover
A Kodachrome photograph by John Utterstrom.
LOVERS LANE, SITKA Frontispiece 8
Photo by Richard A. Ramme.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
A problem which needs scientific rather than political attention. [Alaska fisheries management]
HISTORICAL SITKA STEPS OUT Richard A. Ramme 10
An old Russian town of beauty and charm forges ahead as the Navy builds an air base.
A TAKU IS BLOWING L. F. Barr 12
When a steady north wind jumps off the mountains and delivers eighty-mile-an-hour punches,
boat captains become uneasy. [Juneau Taku winds]
WHITE GOLD IS HEAVIEST Charles J. Johnston 14
Neither platinum nor gold is of any value in the ground -- a claim must be developed,
and sometimes that takes money and initiative. [Goodnews Bay Mining Company]
DOWN THE KLUTINA Luther W. Guiteau 16
The second of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail."
I SPENT CHRISTMAS AT ANVIK Harry Charles Stockman 18
Every ten years, men must be counted, even though it means a gruelling dog-team trip
to far-flung outposts on the frozen Yukon.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
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January, 1941. Volume VII. Number 1.
SNAG RIVER, NUTZOTIN MOUNTAINS Cover
A Kodachrome photograph by John S. Crites.
GOD CREATES-MAN CONSTRUCTS Frontispiece 8
Photo of the North Peak of Mount McKinley from Rangers' Cabin.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
This fascination of Alaska-what are the reasons behind it?
WOLVES ARE QUEER DEVILS Bob Lane 10
The life of a trapper seeking wolves is not TOO monotonous!
WHITE SHEEP AND GRIZZLY BEAR A. V. Denman 12
A Minnesota Doctor seeks relaxation and finds tough hiking and plenty of game.
A CROSS ON THE YUKON Inez E. Moore 14
Eskimo girls and boys learn useful things in a Mission established on the lower Yukon
over fifty years ago by two Jesuit Priests.
A PLAGUE OF SCURVY Luther W. Guiteau 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail."
THE GREEN SLOPES OF HOMER Alice Mayfield 18
A true story of the struggle of a pioneer couple to farm the Homer country,
as told to Churchill Fisher. The name Alice Mayfield is assumed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 31
A cartoon feature.
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February, 1941. Volume VII. Number 2.
HUNTERS' PARADISE Cover
Kodachrome photograph courtesy Arthur S. Crites and John Utterstrom.
THE SCULPTOR'S GRAVING TOOL Frontispiece 8
Photo of a portion of Mendenhall Glacier by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 9
Is Alaska overlooking the possibilities of its scenic attractions?
GOLD FEVER Peter Dow 10
The first of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic Trail."
CHIRIKOF FIRST SAW LAND E. L. Keithahn 12
An account of the discovery of Alaska two hundred years ago.
THE WRECK OF THE UMNAK NATIVE Jay Ellis Ransom 14
Simple, but forceful is Afinigan Ermeloff's account of a tragic saga of the Aleutians.
WE SOLD OUR FISH AT TENAKEE Richard A. Ramme 16
The salmon almost went back into the sea on this trip of the fish-buying boat Vega.
WE SAW SEVENTY-TWO BEARS J. Preston Levis 18
Thirty-four black bears and thirty-eight Brownies was the count on this
hunting trip aboard a yacht.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 31
A cartoon feature.
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March, 1941. Volume VII. Number 3.
THE BEAR THAT CHARGED Cover Kodachrome photograph courtesy Arthur S. Crites and John Utterstrom.
CIVILIZATION AMONG THE CLIFF DWELLERS Frontispiece. Photo of village at King Island by Dr. Lawrence W. Brown.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS .
The fascination of seeking for gold.
FERDINAND, KING OF THE CRAGS Jimmy Polis
A bit of fishing for trout and hunting for sheep provides a wonderful vacation.
A CAN OF SEAL-BLUBBER Frank North A rare trophy comes rather easy for a trapper in the Arctic.
BERING SEA PATROL Clark Dinsmore
Volcanoes erupting, Eskimos hunting, fur seal swimming and cliff-dwelling King Islanders are some of the sights seen by Coast Guardsmen in Alaska service.
GOLDEN CITY OF MY DREAMS Peter Dow The second of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic Trail."
BEAR AND SHEEP AT CLOSE RANGE. John Utterstrom
No telescope sights were needed on this hunting trip, but the movie cameras recorded some exciting episodes.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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April, 1941. Volume VII. Number 4.
MENDENHALL LAKE AND GLACIER Cover Kodachrome photo by Maxcine Williams.
TRAVEL IS NORTHWARD Frontispiece Photo from deck of Steamer Aleutian by The Snap Shoppe.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial A few answers to questions about homesteading in Alaska.
TWO TROUT ON A HOOK Cliff Emard The trout in Mirror Lake are voracious, to say the least.
THE PROMISED LAND Paul Satko
Ordinarily, you don't travel to The Promised Land in an Ark, but "Noah" Satko did over land and sea!
WE DID A LITTLE HUNTING L. H. Turner "A little hunting" is just putting it conservatively.
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY Peter Dow The third of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic Trail."
I MATCH WITS WITH WOLVES Albert Schueneman
Clearing a Wildlife Refuge of wolves is a job that calls for patience and skill.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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May, 1941. Volume VII. Number 5.
TROUT FISHING NEAR JUNEAU Cover Kodachrome photograph by Maxcine Williams.
ON BARANOF LAKE Frontispiece Photo by Maxcine Williams.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Uncle Sam is trying to do right by the Indian and Eskimo.
THE VISITORS WERE NOT WELCOME Carl Larson
The romance of the sailing ship still lives in the codfishing schooner Sophie Christenson.
THE LIFE THAT NEVER KNOWS HARNESS D. L. Sancrant
"Red" Irwin really takes his home to the wilderness.
ONE WAY TO SPEND A VACATION Art Tessmer
When you get a record salmon, a wolf, a deer, a seal and an eagle, all in one vacation, you really don't miss summer school.
FORTUNE'S ROCK-STREWN WATERS Peter Dow The fourth of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic TraiL"
THE LURE'S THE THING- WHEREWITH YOU CATCH'UM TROUT OR KING
Two pages of photos of Alaska fish, fishermen and fishing equipment.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT J. F. Van Gilder Items of especial interest to the fishing fraternity.
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June, 1941. Volume VII. Number 6.
BROWN BEAR ON A GREEN LANDSCAPE Cover Kodachrome photograph by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
UP THE KALIAKH Frontispiece Photo by Eleanore Anderson.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Alaska is getting airfields now that will mean much in war or peace.
THERE IS GOLD IN JUNEAU'S HILLS Laura P. Ordway
Gold led to the founding of Juneau and there is gold under its foundations.
SILVER-SIDED THUNDERBOLT Milton Atkinson A king salmon will put up a thrilling battle.
LET'S LEASE AN ISLAND E. L. Keithahn There are enough islands for all Alaskans and many to spare.
LADY LUCK PASSES BY Peter Dow The last of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic Trail"
FAST BROWNIES AND BIG RAINBOWS Victor A. Morgan A fact story about blonde brown bears, boogey bears and trout.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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July, 1941. Volume VII. Number 7.
BREAK OF DAY AT RUDYERD BAY Cover
Photo of scene in Behm Canal, Southeastern Alaska, by Otto C. Schallerer.
REFLECTIONS Frontispiece 6
Photo of Mount McGinnis reflected in Auk Lake, by Maxcine Williams.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial 7
A danger is seen and a warning is given.
LIFE BEGINS AT SIXTY Robert E. McCully 8
It's never too late to start life anew in Alaska if you're industrious, thrifty and ingenious.
DOWN THERE IS THE YUKON RIVER Jay Ellis Ransom 12
A story of some of the experiences of Herman Lerdahl, Alaska pilot.
KODIAK GROWS UP Harriet E. Williamson 14
An old Russian town comes to life under the impetus of the National Defense Program.
DROP A HOOK IN THE WATER Walter Weston 16
No matter where you drop it, you're certain to catch a fish in Alaska.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil 23
A cartoon feature.
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August, 1941. Volume VII. Number 8.
TAKU RIVER LANDSCAPE Cover Kodachrome photo by Cornelius Vanderbreggen, Jr., showing sky,
mountains, glacier, river, fireweed and cow as photographed from Mary Joyce's Taku River lodge near
Juneau.
GHOST TOWN Frontispiece Photo and poem by Cornelius Vanderbreggen, Jr.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Are Alaskans paying sufficient attention to their wildlife resources?
INTO THE MAELSTROM John H. Peterson as told to Helen Berg The first of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon."
THE ROAR OF THE MURRES Edna M. Tucker
A musical drama of life and death is presented continuously by the birds at one of Alaska's greatest rookeries.
ANCHORAGE PICTURES Jack Mayco*ck Alaska's cities are undergoing a transformation.
THE HERO OF SKAGWAY Genevieve Mayberry
The good man who put Soapy Smith out of the way gets a little of the limelight previously thrown only on Skagway's bad man.
TROPHIES OF THE CAMERA LENS. Four pages of striking animal pictures.
WILD GOLD CHASE Tom Taylor Proving again that an optimist usually has a greater following than a pessimist.
THERE WAS NO ONE TO GREET US K. W. Stevenson, as told to Robert E. McCully
The sound of a human voice in speech can be the sweetest music ever heard.
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS OF ALASKA Two pages of Alaska pictures.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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September, 1941. Volume VII. Number 9.
ON THE INSIDE PASSAGE Cover Kodachrome photo showing scene in Wrangell Narrows, by Cornelius Vanderbreggen, Jr.
BARTLETT GLACIER Frontlspiece Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The International Highway would be a blessing now.
VACATION ON A CANNERY TENDER Lee Dempsey Work may be a pleasure if it takes you into the great outdoors of Alaska.
THE RAILS WERE LAID FROM SEWARD Clark Dinsmore But today they plan to tear up the rails from Seward.
HERE COMES A FISH PIRATE! Ralph DeBruler
There are two sides to every question. In this article is presented the watchman's opinion of fish pirates versus watchmen.
I WANTED GOLD AND I SOUGHT IT John H. Peterson as told to Helen Berg
The second of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon.”
GHOSTS OF ALASKAN COMMERCE Don Holm
There was a time when rocks and reefs in Alaska were named for the vessels which "discovered" them by running aground.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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October, 1941. Volume VII. Number 10.
THE DISTANT GLACIER Cover Kodachrome photo of scene on Taku River by Cornelius Vanderbreggen, Jr.
KASAAN-BEAUTIFUL TOWN Frontispiece Photo by Joseph Yolo for U. S. Forest Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Freedom, tolerance, beauty and contentment are found on the frontiers.
MATANUSKA GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS Lois Hudson Allen
The advent of soldiers into Alaska has proved a boon to the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co-operating Association.
TWO PAGES OF PICTURES Some views of the Alaskan's Alaska.
FOUR QUEENS John H. Peterson As told to Helen Berg
The third of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon."
I'M A WILDERNESS HERMIT Richard Landry
The wild children of Mother Nature are this telegraph lineman's constant companions.
BY YACHT TO THE FOREST PRIMEVAL Ethel S. Queeny
The hunters would shoot with a camera first; with the rifle at the last moment.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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November, 1941 Volume VII. Number 11.
CABINS IN THE SNOW Cover Kodachrome photo of scene near Anchorage by John Osseward.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOTEM POLE. Frontispiece Photo by Joseph Yolo for U. S. Forest Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The day of long hunting seasons and low fees for residents may be passing.
THEY SING, DANCE AND PLAY Ralph A. Ferrandini The natives of the Pribilofs live in a Utopia but lack moral standards.
TWO PAGES OF PICTURES Some views' of the Alaskan's Alaska, showing effects of glaciation.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING! Ruby Zundell Boedeker
Life at a gold mine in the wilderness has other rewards besides yellow metal.
ROUGH AND TUMBLE DAYS John H. Peterson As told to Helen Berg. The fourth of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon."
THE BEAR WENT TO THE RESCUE George Drewance
Many heroic deeds are written into the history of the old Revenue Cutter Bear, but few to compare with this story of the rescue of whalers from the Arctic.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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December, 1941 Volume VII. Number 12.
DOG-TEAM IN THE BIRCHES Cover Kodachrome photograph of a winter scene in Alaska.
THE BEAR Frontispiece Photo by Lomen Bros.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The Western Gateway to North America is being closed to any potential Asiatic invader.
A BROWNIE HAD ME UP A TREE Robert E. McCully
He kicked a brown bear on the nose, but the bear retaliated by almost pulling off McCully's leg!
THE ESKIMOS ARE CHEERFUL Two pages of pictures of some of the inhabitants of the Bering Sea and Arctic Coasts.
BOMBS WITH WHITE FEATHERS Bud Branham
When you go hunting them, a covey of unseen white ptarmigan is likely to explode right in your face!
GOLD AT THE POINT OF A GUN John H. Peterson as told to Helen Berg The fifth of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon."
TRAPPED WITH OUR TROPHIES John Beaupre Dorsch
The moral of this true story is, never try to take a short cut while going down an Alaska mountain!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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January, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 1.
ESKIMO GIRL Cover Kodachrome photo by Paul Reb.
KNIK ARM, FROM ANCHORAGE Frontispiece Photo by Jack Mayco*ck.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Once Alaska was defenseless, but the war with Japan finds Alaska ready.
WOLVES OF THE NAHA Alda Orton
An Old Timer describes some of the unusual traits of the wolves and tells some of his experiences with those on the Naha.
WHEN THERE'S SNOW FOR SKIING Jack Mayco*ck Two pages of pictures taken near Anchorage.
STIKINE BEAVER TRAPPERS Lena McKibben Trapping beaver requires a lot of exertion, but it's fun when you get your limit.
OTHER PEOPLE'S GOLD John H. Peterson as told to Helen Berg The sixth of a series of seven chapters of "The Lure of the Yukon."
A WINTER AT THE CANNERY Cyrrthie Holland as told to Churchill Fisher When there's peace and contentment, there's happiness with one you love.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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March, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 3.
A SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FJORD Cover Kodachrome photo of the granite walls of Endicott Arm by Edgar M. Queeny.
ALASKA INDIAN CACHE Frontispiece From a painting by Sydney Laurence.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Now, more than at any other time, is the need for the International Highway being felt.
THIS IS NOME Estelle Wolf Nome is full of surprises for this summer visitor.
DOGS OF THE NORTH Two pages of photographs and facts about the Alaska traveler's best friends.
TRAIL LAKE FUR FARM Lois Hudson Allen If you treat the mink right and feed them well, fur farming can be an interesting and profitable occupation.
BOOM TOWN Harry L. Suydam The second of a series of eight chapters of "The Klondikers."
ICEBOUND AT RUDYERD BAY Josephine Matney A pair of voyagers who later became homesteaders are given a tough initiation to Alaska.
FROM, KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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April, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 4.
FISHING IN AUK LAKE, NEAR JUNEAU. Cover Kodachrome photo showing Mendenhall Glacier in the distance, by Lu Liston.
BABY FACE Frontispiece Photo of moose calf by Jack Mayco*ck.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial A little speculation on the possibilities for development of Alaska after the war.
COMRADES OF THE NEW FRONTIER Esther Hoyt Goddard
The war has brought thousands of human beings to Alaska, including many lonesome soldiers and sailors.
I ATTENDED A REINDEER ROUND-UP Peggy Harmeling At roping, the Eskimos can show the American cowboy a thing or two.
FOOL'S GOLD Harry L. Suydam The third of a series of eight chapters of "The Klondikers."
SHE PIONEERS ALONE Churchill Fisher Elsie Goldsnake has a will to do things, a heart of gold, and the nickname "Goldie."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. WeiI A cartoon feature.
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July, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 7.
BOATS IN AN ALASKA HARBOR Cover Kodachrome photo by Rudy Miller, courtesy "Popular Photography" magazine.
NATURE'S GRAVING TOOL Frontispiece Photo of portion of Mendenhall Glacier by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial
Alaska's aboriginal inhabitants enjoy many privileges, but have handicaps which prevent progress in the white man's civilization.
THREE UNLUCKY WOLVES W. H. (Handlogger) Jackson Wolves are smart and lucky, but they can't always be lucky.
THE GOOD MAN OF HAINES Churchill Fisher Just the opposite of "Soapy" Smith was Colonel Solomon Ripinski of Skagway's neighboring town.
THERE'S MAGIC IN THE ARCTIC E. L. Keithahn Northern Lights, mirages, sun dogs, ice-quakes, and other eerie phenomena are specialties of the Arctic.
TRIALS OF THE TRAIL Harry L. Suydam
KEEP OFF THE ICE! Walter B. Hester A glacier is more than just a "river of ice."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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August, 1942. VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 8.
SEARCHING FOR "COLOR" Cover Kodachrome Photo by Robert Lyman.
PTARMIGAN IN SUMMER Frontispiece Photo by Walter Hylen.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial A Territory one-fifth the size of the United States, with people like Alaskans, would be a big bite for the enemy to swallow.
OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION Bessie Caughrean Flat, a placer mining community that has seen its stampedes, is still a busy place in summer.
BREAD, BUTTER, AND MUSKRATS Jay Ellis Ransom
Muskrats are the topic of conversation of Indians in the Yukon Valley during the spring and the animals provide bread and butter for the rest of the year.
SCRAPPERS OF THE ARCTIC Gordon Henning
When you throw a plug in an Arctic lake and the water explodes right under it, you've got a Northern pike on the line!
DAWSON AND DISAPPOINTMENT Harry L. Suydam The seventh of a series of eight chapters of "The Klondikers."
ADVENTURE'S RELUCTANT HOST Conrad Puhr
Some men are born to adventure. others seek adventure, but in Alaska you're likely to have adventure thrust upon you.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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September, 1942. VOLUME VIII. NUMBER 9.
MOUNT HAYES, DOG TEAM, AND THE ALASKA RANGE Cover Kodachrome Photo by Walter Hylen.
STEAMER ON THE YUKON Frontispiece Poem by Leon J. Cole.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Now is the time to see Alaska-and help defend the United States!
IF A FELLER ONLY KNEW! William Ackerman The first of two chapters of "Mount Kimball's Yellow Band.”
ARCHAEOLOGY IN A KOYUK GARDEN Dorothy Inman
There are strange things found under the midnight sun-especially where Eskimos have previously made their homes.
A VACATION WITH PAY Ralph H. Schillios
There was work on this job with the Fish and Wildlife Service, but there also were new scenes, adventure and fun.
THE LONG VOYAGE HOME HarryL Suydam The last of a series of eight chapters of "The Klondikers."
FERDINAND THE RAM PASSES ON Byron Park Ferdinand got his reputation by always out-smarting the hunters.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A department. News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
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October, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 10.
PURSE SEINER IN AN ALASKA HARBOR Cover Kodachrome photo by Walter Hylen.
PARKA SQUIRRELS Frontispiece Photo by Walter Hylen.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Alaska needs more women-but war conditions are sending them away.
TRAPPER'S WIFE Winnie Zawistowski, as told to Churchill Fisher A woman, too, can become fascinated by the trapper's Iife.
I TAMED A WOLF FOR MY DOG TEAM W. R. Gordon
"Lady" was gentle almost from the start, but she was muzzled just to be sure she would not revert to her wild temperament.
BARE HANDS IN A WILDERNESS Helen Berg
To those who love the land and will work hard, Alaska's soil produces many fold, even though they be a woman, and a man seventy years old.
A TERRIBLE TRIP William Ackerman The last of a series of two chapters of "Mount Kimball's Yellow Band.”
STORM WITHOUT WARNING John Scott Douglas
The true story of the sinking of the "Princess Sophia," by a man who has carefully investigated the facts.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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November, 1942. VOLUME VIII. Number 11.
PACK TRAIN IN HEALY RIVER DISTRICT Cover Kodachrome photo by Ernest Miller.
LAND OF CONTRASTS Frontispiece Photo of Wonder Lake and Mount McKinley by Walter Hylen
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The threat to the big-game resources is the: most detrimental effect of the war to Alaska.
HEALY STOREKEEPER Churchill Fisher The first of two chapters of "More Rivers to Cross."
JINXED Mike Jeropin Whether he was after fish or game, the Jinx was right behind him.
THE VOICE THAT SOOTHES Louise Brown
An encounter with a mother bear and her cubs can be kept from being deadly by a woman's voice.
AN EXCUSE TO VISIT ATKA. Helen Wheaton The Japs were polite, but they could not hide their contempt for the unsuspicious Americans.
KOYUK'S DOGS CARRY ON Dorothy Inman
Dogs are important as a means of transportation to the Eskimos of Koyuk and they carry on the tradition of the world-famous Sweepstake races.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A department News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES C. K. Weil A cartoon feature.
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SEPTEMBER, 1944. VOLUME X. NUMBER 9
KIVALINA SOD IGLOO Cover Kodachrome photo by H. O. K. Bauer
PORKY Frontispiece Photo by Rex Harms
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The tourist trade is certain to become one of the most important factors in Alaska's economic development after the war.
FROM RAGS TO RICHES Thomas R. Stewart, as told to Louis R. Huber
From an over-all standpoint, gold prospecting is a losing game; but some prospectors make money, and, win or lose, it's a real adventure.
WHY NOT GROW IT HERE? Ted Carter
Southeastern Alaska offers broad avenues of opportunity to the agriculturist who is willing to work hard and adapt scientific knowledge to climate and soil conditions.
LIFE WAS SIMPLE AT UMNAK Jay Ellis Ransom
Life in the Aleutians once was simple, pleasant, and interesting. Those who knew It look forward to the day when the struggles of war give way again to peaceful hunting, fishIng, and scientific study of Aleut culture.
FIVE TONS OF FOOLISH FLESH Leon S. Vincent The last of five chapters of "The Top of the World."
BABES IN THE WOODS Mary Fitzpatrick, as told to A. A. Gillespie The first of two chapters of "Two Girls on the YUkon."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and notes about "The Last Frontier.”
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JANUARY, 1945. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 1
MOUNTAIN LAKE Cover Kodachrome photo by Paul Nelms, taken at Long Lake, near Palmer.
PACK TRAIN Frontispiece Photo by Ernest Miller.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial Law enforcement and the protection of public property are the duties and responsibilities of every honestly-patriotic citizen.
WOMAN ON THE DALTON TRAIL Della Murray Banks The first of two chapters of "Klondike Gold Fever."
MINK TRAPS AT TOTEM BAY Nell M. Garletts The animals of the forest are clever, and it takes cunning to lure them into traps.
LOST Sam L_ Godfrey Even a sourdough can get lost in the wilderness.
THE DOCTOR Elmer Reed They'd take a man for what he was worth back in the Gold·rush days, and they had no use for the charlatan.
CLIMBING DOWN McKINLEY Grant Pearson, as told to Katherine Ames Taylor
The mightiest mountain in North America was conquered with comparative ease, but getting down was a different story.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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MARCH, 1945. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 3
THE VALLEY IN WINTER Cover Kodachrome photo taken in Matanuska Valley, by Mary Fitzpatrick.
IN THE GRAY-WHITE OF WINTER Frontispiece Photo by Lu Liston
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial "Tony" Dimond, able, diligent. conscientious delegate from Alaska, has retired, after twelve years, from the House of Representatives.
THE WRECK OF THE NORMA Phil Cummings When the fishing vessel Norma succumbed to the storm, she loft her crew stranded on a desolate island shore.
TROUT, SALMON AND SCENERY J. B. Caldwell The second of five articles about "What to Expect in Alaska."
THOSE KINGS WERE FIGHTERS! Harry Elliott There's nothing like a day of sport with the fighting king salmon, just in from the open sea!
OIJE HUNDRED SIXTY MILES Frances Hichborn Purser To keep alive the spirit and tradition of sled-dog breeding, the annual Ice Carnival, before the war, was climaxed by an ambitious dog team race.
LET'S GO CRABBING Bill Hunter Alaska crab canning offers a suitable investment for the fellow interested in a small-scale industry in the Territory.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and notes about "The Last Frontier.”
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OCTOBER, 1945. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 10
MUSKEG MEADOW Cover Kodachrome photo taken by John Dassow on the Reflection Lake trail.
SHELTER CABIN AT BAILEY BAY Frontispiece Photo by Walter Weston
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The policy of the Department of the Interior in setting up Indian Reservations in Alaska is unjust and undesirable from the point of view of both Indians and white people.
GAME OF BLUFF Della Murray Banks The first of four chapters of "Homer's Gold Seekers."
THE BIG LAKES George J. Eicher, Jr. Alaska's big lakes and high winds are a dangerous combination.
BIG LAND, BIG GAME Ran Lake Moose, Bighorn sheep, goats. Brown bears, and Grizzlies make fine hunting along the Dalton Trail. .
SQUIRREL HUNT AND ICE JAM Lawrence Carson The last of four chapters of "The Walrus Hunters."
WE CAUGHT 'EM TROLLING Ethel Dassow You really don't have to have an outboard motor at Reflection Lake.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and notes about "The Last Frontier.”
ALASKA ODDITIES Denlinger A cartoon feature.
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NOVEMBER, 1945. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 11
JUNEAU FROM TREADWELL Cover Kodachrome by Steve McCutcheon
GOAT HUNTERS Frontispiece Photo by C. Ray Snow
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS Editorial The reindeer herds must be returned to the Eskimos if a million dollar investment is to be salvaged.
IT'S A LONG ROAD Cecil E. Barger You may be able to take that jaloppy trIp over the Alaska Highway soon.
BLONDIE GOES FOR BEAVERS Virginia Swanson A beaver hunt worked out well as a paid vacation.
WHEN NOME BURNED Shirlie Forrester Its people rebuilt with plan and forethought, more wisely than before.
PROSPECTING TRIP TO KODIAK Della Murray Banks The second of four chapters of "Homer's Gold Seekers."
THE STARVING MOOSE OF KASILOF LAKE Katherine Bayou It's no laughing matter to be treed in sub-zero weather by a couple of Hl-tempered moose!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW A Department News and notes about "The Last Frontier.”
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FEBRUARY, 1946. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 2
OLD CABIN IN WINTER Cover Kodachrome taken at Tanacross by Opal Tintinger.
BALMY DAYS AT WALKER COVE - Frontispiece Photo by James Abbott.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial Most of the capital with which Alaska's resources have been developed has come from the Outside.
EARLY DAYS AT KILLISNOO. Vera Ivanoff as, told to Bess Winn. The first of two chapters of "The Russian's Daughter." [She mentions the Brightman brothers, Karl Spuhn, Count Zuboff, Killisnoo Jake, smallpox, Hood's Bay farm, herring, octopus, hootchenoo, Skookum Jim, potlatch, a Tlingit man named Webster, Sokolof, and the wreck of the steamboat Favorite.]
AND ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE. Ben White. The great wilderness of Alaska will always lure men who love the freedom of outdoor life, and there will always be old·timers. [Much of the article is about trapping, mentions John Steel, Heinie Berger saloon, Rex Beech, fur prices, south fork of the Tonzonia, Stony River, trapping beaver, Pat Hollywood, and Ben Traux.]
LIFE ON THE NAHA. Alda Orton. Intimate glimpses of family life in the animal kingdom are common experiences in the Naha Valley.
JOB ON THE IMNACHUCK. Ann S. Ayer. The second of six chapters of "Life Was Free and Easy Up There." [Mentions Jim Keenan, Bill Stull, Sikana, Grant Jackson, Ferguson trading post, mining camp, Felton Fortson, Dr. O.A. Braflaadt,
FROM YACHT TO BEACH. A. Phimister Proctor. An artist sights In a new scope on the big Brown bears, with gratifying success.
F'ROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier.''
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MARCH, 1946. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 3
[It is noted that with this issue the Alaska Sportsman reaches a total printing of 60,000 copies.]
LAKE EKLUTNA. Cover. Kodachrome taken near Anchorage by Vladimir M. Barmuta.
HIBERNATING MOTHER BEAR. Frontispiece. Photo by Frank Morgan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The development of Alaska will be retarded, if not altogether frustrated, if freight rates are increased substantially.
A SAILOR FOR YOU. Leon S. Vincent. A cruise on the trading schooner United turns out to be a big chunk of adventure. [While stationed at Seldovia, I assume as a teacher, the author made a voyage to Bristol Bay in the small steamboat Starr. The steamer stopped at Port Graham, Port Chatham, Kodiak, Ouzinki, Karluk, and Alitak, then across to the Alaska Peninsula side and dropped mail off at Chignik, Unga, Squaw Harbor, Sand Point, and King cove. The author left the Starr and got a ride on the United, captained by Pete Wold. They traveled to Goodnews Bay. Visited Alitak cannery. People mentioned: Tomcod Thorson, Gasoline Nick at Herendeen Bay, and Tom Skulstad of Seminofski Island.]
PARTY LINE PHONE. Jay Ellis Ransom. A teacher on the central Yukon finds radio and airplane the answer to communication and
transportation problems in the Arctic. [The author lived at Stevens Village. Discusses radio communications with places like Beaver, Alatna, and Wiseman, and ham radio.
BEARS, WOLVES, AND BABES. Vera Ivanoff as told to Bess Winn. The second of two chapters of ''The Russian's Daughter.'' [A continuation of Vera Soboleff Ivanoff's stories of growing up in Killisnoo. Talks about seeing a Tlingit cremation that she wasn't supposed to see. Japanese people living there such as Matsomoto. Author marries a fisherman named Pat Ivanoff and moves to Kake. Wolves attack her house when her husband was away. Indians gave her two baby bears. She mentions Rodman Bay, Port Alexander, Speel River, bear encounters, wolverine, etc. Mentions Billy Dickenson and Jack McBride at Washington Bay.]
STORMS, GOLD, AND TRAGEDY. Ann S. Ayer. The third of six chapters of ''Life Was Free and Easy up There.'' [ Author mentions Maurice King forced landing at Kiwalik River. At Ruby Alaska. Living at Candle, Alaska. Candle Creek claim #15. Pop Russell of Nulato. Koyuk River to Candle. Arctic Circle Exploration Company. Gold mining with a dredge. Hans Hansen of candle. Tom Roust. Mike Walsh. Helen Nordlind. Johnnie Willet. Warren Ferguson Jr. Al Forsgren. Mary Walsh, a Candle teacher. Snyder's Roadhouse. Mary and Roy Sommers.]
FISHERMEN ARE LIKE COWBOYS. Paul Chief Cooke. An Alaska Indian finds salmon fishing an interesting occupation. [Working on the seiner Sokol, Captain Jackson, a Libby, McNeill and Libby fishing boat, out of the Craig and Klawock area. Mentions Captain Harold of the Libby Four. Behm Canal. Anan Creek. Waterfall Cannery.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier."
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APRIL, 1946. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 4
BIEDERMAN'S BELOW EAGLE. Cover. Kodachrome taken on the Yukon River by Steve McCutcheon
CLUB ROCKS. Frontispiece. Photo by Walter Weston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. With steamship fares increasing and airplane fares becoming lower, airlines will soon carry the bulk of passenger traffic to and from Alaska.
TACKLE BUSTERS ALONG THE HIGHWAYS. J. B. Caldwell. You don't have to travel off the beaten path in Alaska to find sport fishing that's a real thrill.
TUNDRA GOLD. D. L. Sancrant. An unwitting flock of ptarmigan led two sourdough prospectors to their richest gold strike.
KEYS TO HAPPINESS. Ann S. Ayer. The fourth of six chapters of ''Life Was Free and Easy Up There.''
CHEECHAKO'S LUCK. CarI Muller. Though misfortune dogged his footsteps that summer in Alaska, here's one cheechako who's coming back to become a sourdough.
DOWN NORTH TO DAWSON. Cecil E. Barger. A trip to the Klondike still makes one feel like a fourteen-karat sourdough.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about ''The Last Frontier.''
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JUNE, 1946. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 6
SUMMIT LAKE. Cover. Kodachrome taken by Bob Hall near Moose Pass.
CAMERA-HUNTER'S TROPHY. Frontispiece. Photo by Gil Hackenbruch.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The economic growth of Alaska will gain impetus from recent developments.
PAL OF MINE. Katherine Bayou. Strange things happen In the lives of sourdoughs who live alone in the wilderness of Alaska.
THEY'RE ROUGH AND TOUGH. C. A. Schoenfeld. Many a sportsman who changes his service uniform for civilian clothes will come back to Alaska, where he found the fish were undeniably rougher.
THE MIRACLE OF KISKA. Jess Lang. When the Japanese Army sneaked out at Kiska, it lost face and exploded the myth of Japanese last-ditch courage.
BACK HOME. Ann S. Ayer. The last of six chapters of "Life Was Free and Easy up There.''
THE FULFILLMENT OF DREAMS. Martin Cole. The second of two chapters of "Alaska Vagabond."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier."
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JULY, 1946. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 7
OLD CHICKALOON PASS AT KING'S RIVER. Cover. Kodachrome by Lu Liston.
DAVIDSON GLACIER. Frontispiece. Photo by Conrad Hug.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Instinct or intelligence teaches wild animals living habits which might be of benefit to man.
THE ISLAND. Josephine Sather. The first of four chapters of "Fox Farm at Nuka Bay."
NEVER A DULL MOMENT. Westwood Winfree. Crew members of an Alaska steamer look forward to each voyage as enthusiastically as a "first-tripper."
IRON MAN ON THE SUNDOG TRAIL. A. A. Gillespie. Without superhuman courage and a robust physique, Olaf Bredvick would never have come back down the Sundog Trail alive.
STRANGE THINGS DONE. Antoinette Royer as told to Fern Owens. You find things quite different when you come from San Salvador to spend a summer in Alaska.
ON TANAGA VOLCANO. Gaston Shumate. GI mountain climbers found 6,975-foot Tanaga Volcano a stubborn obstacle with fog as her ally.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier."
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MAY, 1947. VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 5
THE CROSS FOX. Cover. Kodachrome by Milotte.
SNOWY OWL. Photo by Lu Liston. Frontispiece.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Until more industries are created from Alaska's resources, more jobs can not be had -except by carpenters!
AN AUTO TRIP ALONG THE ALASKA HIGHWAY. Betty and Keith Boyd. Even an old 1914 Ford can make it, but not without difficulties.
HAZELTON FOR ME. Howard Innis. There's much to recommend this unique and interesting community at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers.
WATER DOWN MY NECK. C. W. Krause. Things don't always remain in apple-pie order for the cook, but life on a cannery tender is always interesting.
SURROUNDED BY WOLVES. Kathryn Bayou. It can be uncomfortable when the moon is not out and the wolves are.
A HOLE IN THE MOUNTAIN. Bayne Beauchamp. The second of two chapters of "The Rocket Mine."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JUNE, 1947 . VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 6
CACHE IN ALASKA. Cover. Kodachrome by Milette.
SLED DOGS IN SUMMER. Photo by Harry Becker. Frontispiece. MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The Eskimo must not only contend with Mother Nature in his fight for existence, but with civilization in the atomic age.
MAIDEN VOYAGE. Manley Sweazey. The first of two chapters of "The Herring Seiners."
A HUNTING I WOULD GO. Gordon K. Chappell. Two bucks are better than one, and that's why a fellow doesn't like to share 'em with a Brown bear.
WHEN HE LAYS HIS EARS BACK, LOOK OUT! Tom E. Clark. You can't tell what a moose will do, so it's best to be wary.
JOE COLLEGE ON THE KENAI. Ward C. Williams. After the war and a term at college, he went to Alaska for a summer.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and Notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JULY, 1947. VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 7
STREET SCENE IN HOPE, ALASKA. Cover. Kodachrome taken on Kenai Peninsula by Lois H. Allen.
BLACK COMEDIAN. Frontispiece. Photo taken near Anchorage, Alaska, by George Grainger.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Another tie-up of shipping would be disastrous for Alaska.
MY SOURDOUGH FATHER. Nelson J. McCrary. Going even one hundred miles from the coast was a trial to horses and men in the early days.
THE HUNCH. Otis H. Speer. If this premonition had not been so strong, a black bear would have had more fun.
NORTH WIND SCREAMING. John Paul. In a shooting contest for geese, almost anything goes on the Yukon.
THROUGH THE NARROWS TO ALASKA. Joe M. Schmid. The way to enjoy the beauties of the Inside Passage to Alaska is on a small boat.
TEN THOUSAND BARRELS. Manley Sweazey. The second of two chapters of "The Herring Seiners."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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AUGUST, 1947. VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 8
ESKIMO MOTHER AND CHILD OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. Cover. Kodachrome taken by Paul Nelms. The tattooed chin indicates marriage.
INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSE. Frontispiece. Photo taken at Mud Bight near Ketchikan by Frank Morgan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The danger of attack from Russia is more real than some people think.
FANNIE QUIGLEY, FRONTIERSWOMAN. Grant Pearson. Few men could compete with Fannie Ouigley when it came to taming the wild frontier.
LAND OF ADVENTURE. Mervin H. Roebush. In Alaska the traveler should expect the unexpected.
ON STRAWBERRY POINT. Ruth 0. Matson. Neighbors help each other in Alaska and make friendly communities.
HILLBILLY ON A FISH TRAP. Earl Downey. The "Whee Bird" was only one of many things that made life interesting on this floating home.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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SEPTEMBER, 1947. VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 9
MOUNTAIN SHEEP. Cover. Kodachrome photo by C. E. Rhode.
"FLY" FISHERMEN. Frontispiece. Photo by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The passage of House Joint Resolution 205 marks a new era for Alaska.
HER NAME IS SALTY. Marilyn Jordan. The first of six chapters of "Trolling Poles."
THE STIKINE. Bess Winn. The River has historical as well as scenic interest.
CARIBOU HUNT. Doug Kerr as told to Harry Seaman. The Grizzlies were around, but were hard to find on this Northern British Columbia trip.
NINE POLAR BEARS. Waldo Bodfish as told to J. Lester Minner. Eskimos see many extraordinary things, but to them a herd of polar bears is something really rare.
HUNT THEM IN SEPTEMBER. C.R. Snow. A wolf pup is a small target, but there's joy and profit in hitting it.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
LOG CABIN HOME. C. O. Buck. There's fun, economy and utility in building a home of Alaska's timber.
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JANUARY, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 1
MOUNTAIN GOAT. Cover. Kodachrome by C. E. Rhode.
WINTER SCENE. Frontispiece. Photo by G. McCreary for Glacier Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The Arctic is not the desolate place it is pictured in story and legend.
THE BRAND. C. J. Moss as told to Louise Whittaker. Coincidence is a little trick that fate often plays to indicate that it is a small world after all.
OLD MEANIES. Hal Gates. The Alaska Brownie is unpredictable and the traveler in Alaska's wilderness areas should always be on his guard.
STERNWHEELER ON THE BIG RIVER. Ruth E. Anderson. A word to a stranger took this traveler on an interesting trip to a strange country.
THE RUN OF SILVERS. Marilyn Jordan. The fifth of six chapters of "Trolling Poles."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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FEBRUARY, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 2
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND ESKIMO MOTHER AND CHILD. Cover. Kodachrome by Paul Nelms.
JIGGING FOR TOMCOD. Frontispiece. Photo taken on Bering Sea by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. A bill of extreme importance to Alaska to aid the construction of highways has been introduced in Congress.
EIGHT STARS OF GOLD. Ben White. A Sourdough gives his interpretation of the meaning of each star in Alaska's Territorial flag.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. J. F. Ulinger. The sheep and goats always seemed to be just out of reach -- until he brought them within range.
UNDER CANVAS TO ALASKA. Harold M. Willcox. Three men and two girls sail up the Inside Passage, reach their goal, and end their fifteen-hundred mile voyage where they started from.
THE LADY WENT NORTH IN '98. Frances Gillis as told to Patricia McKeever. Adventure led to love and marriage in the great gold stampede.
THE LIGHTS OF HOME. Marilyn Jordan. The last of six chapters of "Trolling Poles."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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MARCH, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 3
SIBERIAN HUSKY. Cover. Kodachrome by Robert E. Sayre.
KING WINTER. Frontispiece. Photo by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. If Alaska had year-around industries she could hope for a larger permanent population, but not otherwise.
POUNDING WAVES AND CREAKING TIMBERS. Tom E. Clarke. The first of three chapters of "Master of the Moonrise." [Kenai Packers cannery and boats. Kenai River.]
THE WHISTLE PIG. Leon S. Vincent. The marmot that scared the bear did not heed his own warning. [Halibut Cove, Cook Inlet.]
FRONTIER TOWN. James Bashford. A Ketchikan old-timer who was there in 1898 presents some interesting recollections.
NO ONE AT HOME AT KULUKAK. Abbie Madenwald. Silence, complete, awful silence in a remote place can be a terrible thing. [Abbie Morgan, a teacher, arrived with her husband Ed in the Alaskan village of Kulukak, near Dillingham.]
FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Dorothy Fay Nielsen. The first of two chapters of "Cannery Village. [Teachers at Port Graham, Alaska.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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APRIL, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 4
HAIDA MEMORIAL TOTEM FROM OLD KASAAN. Cover. Kodachrome taken at Kasaan, near Ketchikan, by Amos Burg.
ST. PAUL HARBOR. frontispiece. Photo by Lu Liston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Alaska should have its Coast Guard district headquarters in Alaska.
ONE ROUND TO THE WOLVES. Ernest A. Behrens. The wolves would not have been the winners if the trapper had been able to understand his dogs.
NO TROUBLE AT ALL. Beth Eberhart. A snail may be cozy in his moveable house, but think of the trouble he has hauling it around! [A fish buyer working in the Dall Island and South Kaigani area. They spend the winter in South Kaigani.]
ARCTIC ANGEL. Leon Vincent. She came and went like a little breath of spring-laden air. [The February 1945 influenza epidemic that ravaged Barrow. Colcord Rusty Heurlin]
MUTINY. Tom E. Clarke. The second of three chapters of "Master of the Moonrise." [Kenai Packers cannery and boats. Kenai River.]
EVENTFUL YEARS. Dorothy Fay Nielsen. The second of two chapters of "Cannery Village." [Teachers at Port Graham, Alaska.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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MAY, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 5
FISHERMAN AT OUTLET TO BROOK'S LAKE. Cover. Kodachrome by Lu Luston.
LAKE KENAI. Frontispiece. Photo by Lu Luston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. A Bear in hibernation is not entirely oblivious of what is going on.
FOOLS RUSH. Ted Muth. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, particularly if there is a prospect for gold. [Prospecting the south fork of Old Man River, the Kanuti.]
WIND AND WAVES. Nell Parker. It was just to be a winter trip from Gustavus to Juneau but nature blocked the way.
GOOD OLD KATY D. R.H. Gilroy. The Catherine D. was a dependable ship in water or ice but now she rests in Davy Jones' Locker.
PRISONERS FROM ALASKA. Rose Curtice Butts. The Japs told the Aleut children they never would see home again but they're back in Alaska now.
CALAMITY. Tom E. Clarke. The last of three chapters of "Master of the Moonrise." [Kenai Packers cannery and boats. Kenai River.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JUNE, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 6
MT. CHUGACH AND SPRING BREAK-UP OF MATANUSKA RIVER. Cover. Kodachrome by Lu Liston.
ALASKA MOUNTAIN GOAT. Frontispiece. Photo by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The legend of Angus Bunyan is hard to believe-unless you've been to Alaska.
PACKERS ON THE DYEA TRAIL. L. C. Wilkes. Fifty years ago when gold beckoned, there was tremendous incentive to hurry, hurry, hurry!
THE BIG KINGS. Larry Meyers. Sport fishing for the mighty king salmon is no game for a weakling.
NORTHWARD HO! FROM TOLEDO. W. R. Billingsley. The first of two chapters of "The Cariboo Highway to Alaska.''
GOOD HUNTING. Lee Ellis. Hunting big game in Alaska has a most fascinating lure for both hunter and· guide. [Hunting in Southeast Alaska.]
WILLIWAW, THE KODIAK MAN. E. L. Keithahn. Who was Willi - where was he from? [The human skull of an ancient Native Alaska man is found on Kodiak Island.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JULY, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 7
VALDEZ-ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. Cover. Kodachrome by Amos Burg.
ALASKA'S BIRD - - THE PTARMIGAN. Frontispiece. Photo by Harry Johnson.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. It is important to Alaska that the voters make a wise decision in the forthcoming referendum on fish traps.
LITTLE JOHNNIE OF KANTISHNA. Grant Pearson. The little man with the big heart is knowing in the ways of getting along with Nature. [Johnnie Busia of Moose Creek, Eureka, Alaska.]
WHAT SAY, OLD-TIMER? Alda Orton. There are misconceptions. about bears, just as there are misconceptions about the people you don't know. [Naha River and falls near Ketchikan.]
OVER ARCTIC SNOWS. J. Lester Minner. Eskimos have courage and meet loneliness and danger with an ingenuity which makes them self-sufficient in a difficult environment. [Waldo Bodfish. Ivisaruk River.]
SALMON TOWN. W. R. Billingsley. The second of two chapters of "The Cariboo Highway to Alaska" [Covers Smithers, Hazelton, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Clarence and Ann Close. Visited the Alaska Sportsman offices and printing plant.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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AUGUST, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 8
GLACIER COUNTRY NEAR HYDER. Cover. Kodachrome by Allan E. Crawford.
PTARMIGAN SEASON. Frontispiece. Photo by Lu Liston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Wild animals and birds should provide food, sport and recreation, and not merely be targets for firearms.
SUMMER AT MCGRATH. Helen L. Fouts. The first of two chapters of "Cheechakos on the Kuskokwim" [Takotna.]
THE MYSTIC MAKES A WATER-HAUL. Leon S. Vincent. The seiner Mystic was the stepping-boat to greater adventures. [Kukak cannery, Kamashak, Terror Bay,
UP THE CANAL TO HYDER. Jessica Bird. Glaciers, mines, deserted buildings and mountain scenery all provide interest at this border town.
MATANUSKA MOOSE IN THE CLEAR, CHILL AIR. Albert W. Reeder. There's a thrill to hunting the largest of the deer family, and the pride of accomplishment when you've been successful.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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SEPTEMBER, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 9
PRIMITIVE ESKIMO SETTLEMENT ON NUNIVAK ISLAND. Cover. Kodachrome by Amos Burg.
DISTANT GLACIER. Frontispiece. Photo by Frank Morgan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. There's a long road awinding into the land of Golden Dreams. [The Alaska Highway.]
PRIMITIVE HUNTERS OF THE ARCTIC. J. Lester Minner. On water and on land, Eskimo hunters devise ingenious techniques for killing enough caribou to keep their tribes in food, shelter and clothing. [Wainwright, Utukok River, Utukok Inlet, Frank Tokomik.]
WINGS NORTH. James Stanley Hall. Two boys and an airplane fly over Washington and British Columbia on their way to Southeastern Alaska. [Aeronca L-3 flight to Alaska.]
WE'D FISH ALL DAY. Bernard E. Mathson. The hours are long, the work hard, on an Alaska fishing boat, but the thrill of a full "moneybag" and the pay at the end of a good season bring men back for more each year. [Author crewed on the Brooklyn, captained by Casper Hollingstad, out of Petersburg, Alaska.]
IT'S TOO COLD FOR ME. Helen L. Fonts. The second of two chapters of "Cheechakos on the Kuskokwim." [Takotna.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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OCTOBER, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 10
ESKIMO HUNTER AND HIS KYAK. Cover. Kodachrome by Frederick Machetanz. [Kayak.]
THE SPORT OF KINGS. Frontispiece. Photo taken at Campbell Creek, near Anchorage, by Robinson Studios.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The fish trap question is important both to Alaskans and people in the States because of the fundamental question of "man versus machine" involved.
DOWN RIVER ALONE. Bayne Beauchamp. The first of two chapters of "Yukon Magic," in which the author of "The Rocket Mine" goes on to further adventures. [The author starts down the Yukon River from Lake Lebarge.]
A YEN FOR A GRIZZLY. Floyd D. Johnson. It was tough country to hunt, but the game was there. [Spillimacheen River area.]
RALSTON CRUSOES. Nancy Ralston. Robinson had a pleasant sojourn compared to this family, cast up on a Northern British Columbia Island in mid-winter. [A trip up the Inside Passage to Ketchikan.]
LIFE ON MAHONEY CREEK. Josephine M. Roberts. The tent was up, but for comfort in Southeastern Alaska in winter, a cabin is quite necessary. [The Big Four Mine on Mahoney Creek, in George Inlet, near Ketchikan.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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NOVEMBER, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 11
SLED DOGS AT UNALAKLEET. Cover. Kodachrome by Frederick Machetanz.
SUN AND RAVEN TOTEM. Frontispiece. Photo taken at Saxman, near Ketchikan, by Frank Morgan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. There is something dangerous and un-American about the recurring maritime strikes on the Pacific Coast.
ARCTIC VOYAGE. J. Lester Minner. An Eskimo walrus hunt in frigid Arctic seas is always accompanied by danger, discomfort and thrills. [Wainwright Inupiat village.]
TRAPPER JACK'S CABIN. Charles Graham Mayse. Trapper Jack Yerich was a stalwart among the thinning ranks of outdoor men of resourcefulness, courage and adventure of the North and his cabin reflected his character. [Nabesna River.]
A MESS OF GRAYLING. Don Ingalls. The grayling of the Lila Lake and Nelchina country were wary, but well worth the trouble of a trailless hike and the invention of a sawed-off fly.
LONELY MEN AND CARIBOU. Bayne Beauchamp. The second of two chapters of "Yukon Magic." [The trip down the Yukon River continues.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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DECEMBER, 1948. VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 12
TOMCOD FISHING ON NORTON SOUND. Cover. Kodachrome by Frederick and Sara Machetanz.
COW MOOSE. Frontispiece. Photo by Mac's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The future of Alaska's gold mining industry depends on a free market for gold.
INDESTRUCTIBLE WALKER. Tom E. Clarke. Homesteading on the Kenai Peninsula never proved to be too tough for "Pappy" Walker, even when a bear attacked and almost killed him. [D. C. Walker. Kasilof. Jessie Belle Walker. Archie McLane, Enid McLane.]
THE MAYOR. Elmer Reed. 10 Dogs, revenues and a fire engine were very real problems to J. H. Giese, tin-cutter and first mayor of Nome.
THE YUKON ON THE YUKON. John Hughes. The treacherous Yukon meanders through the wild, sparsely-populated region of Interior Alaska, but one can enjoy it during a trip on a modem, comfortable steamboat. [A trip up the Yukon River (starting at Nenana) on the sternwheeler Yukon, Captain Charles Newcomb.]
MUKTUK. J. Lester Minner. Butchering a whale anchored to the ever-shifting ice of the Bering Sea is difficult and often dangerous work. [Wainwright, Inupiat whaling, Waldo Bodfish.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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JANUARY, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 1
THE CHUGACH RANGE. Cover. Painting of a scene near Anchorage by Mildred Hamill.
PORTAGE GLACIER. Frontispiece. Photo of a scene near Whittier by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Every person who handles a gun should know the basic rules of safety, but accidental deaths from gunshot attest the widespread ignorance of how to handle firearms.
BROWNIES AT REDOUBT BAY. Robert Kellogg. Storms and near-shipwreck are climaxed by the stalking and shooting of two horse-sized Alaska Brown bears.
THE OLD MOONSHINE. George B. Roberts. The aerial tramway provided thrills and spills during an adventurous few months for seven men working a mine located 2.500 feet up a mountain, isolated by Southeastern Alaska's winter and wilderness.
ATLASTA HOUSE. John E. White. The struggle in building an Alaska home with one's own hands has its compensations in the beauty of the country and the satisfaction of a job well done.
MEANDERING ON THE MAILBOAT. Florence Theel. If you want comfort and elegance, see Alaska by steamer; if you want adventure, plus familiarity with her tiny towns and big-hearted people, travel by mailboat.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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FEBRUARY, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 2
ALASKA INLAND GLACIER. Cover. Kodachrome taken near Hyder by Allan E. Crawford.
WHITE HIGHWAY. Frontispiece. Photo of winter scene on the Seward-Kenai Highway taken by Sylvia Sexton.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Better transportation and more hydro-electric development are keys to the development of Alaska now being forged.
GOLD AT LITUYA BAY. C. Perry McBeth as told to Oscar L. Brauer. Near-starvation may not be pleasant, but it is adventure -- only one of many adventures had by this hardy miner north of Juneau in the Gold-rush days.
EVERY CAST, A STRIKE! D. L. Henning. Any sport fisherman's dream of paradise is a lake never before fished, where the bait is taken by a fighting trout on every cast.
TRAPLINE SIDELINE. Grace Sinclair. Nature put on a wonderful show for this couple on their summer exploration of an old trapline in the wilderness south of Fairbanks.
OCEAN GANGSTER. L. H. Fowler. The battle to the death between whales makes an awesome spectacle and a story of epic proportions.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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MARCH, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 3
FISHING BOATS AND DEER MOUNTAIN, KETCHIKAN. Cover. Kodachrome by John Dassow.
WINTER SCENE. Frontispiece. Photograph taken at Kenai Peninsula by Sylvia Sexton.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Communist-line leadership has almost severed the water-borne transportation connection between the States and Alaska and there is now only one American line serving Alaska.
A NEW VENTURE. Hans Lindberg. The first of five chapters of "Five Happy Years at Sitka."
OVER THE BOUNDING MAIN. Cindy Marcks. It's worth a laugh when a landlubber decides to become a sailor, but when he also seriously takes to shipbuilding it's a three-act comedy.
MOUNTAIN CONQUEST. Ward Schori. There's a thrill in mountain climbing all its own, whether that climb be the Matterhorn in Switzerland or a 3,000-foot peak in Ketchikan.
BIG TRACKS IN THE CLEARING. D. L. Buckingham. A bear can look like a mountain when he raises up on his hind legs, and shaky human legs can make good time when the owner sees that kind of mountain.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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MAY, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 5
TOTEMS AND CANNERY AT KLAWOCK. Cover. Kodachrome taken at site of Alaska's first salmon cannery by Edward L. Keithahn.
MAIL BOAT. Frontispiece. Photo of Southeastern Alaska scene taken by Richard K. Wood.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The Lemke bill would deal a staggering blow to Alaska and benefit only a very few veterans.
FOOL'S GOLD. Hugh Rodman as told to Della Murray Banks. Taken from a fifty-year-old diary, this story tells of a strange trip in search of gold on a mountaintop in the wilds of the Cook Inlet region, and of interesting visits en route in isolated Indian-Aleut villages.
THE LAST DAY. Frank Becker. One troller's effort to make the last day of the fishing season a spectacular success makes an amusing story, as well as a good picture of the fisherman's way of life.
WILD CREATURES OF KAIGANI. Beth Eberhart. This couple found the activities of the wild creatures who were their neighbors during the winter so absorbing that they barely had time to do routine chores.
THE STRAWBERRY. Hans Lindberg. President Harding's visit to the United States Horticultural Experiment Station at Sitka.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JUNE, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 6
SEWARD, ALASKA. Cover. Kodachrome taken by Robert A. Hall.
SOUVENIRS. Frontispiece. Photo of Southeastern Alaska Indian and steamer taken by Paul Sincic.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Many visitors to Alaska are disappointed not to find the Territory the rough-and-ready frontier of the Wild West or Gold-rush days, but the Far North still has many frontier aspects.
BETTER THAN GOLD. Hugh Whitcomb. The great hardships of a winter walk from Valdez to Fairbanks in search of the quick riches of the early 1900's gave this man a new yardstick for measuring the value of his fellow-man.
WAIL OF A FISHWIFE. Virginia McNuelty. An expectant mother finds "roughing it" as the wife of a struggling young fisherman just a little too rough for her tastes.
LAST OF THE TALL SHIPS. Leon S. Vincent. A man who loves the sailing ships that formerly plied Alaska waters helps to prolong the life of one of the last of them. [The author talks about the ships the Commodore and the Salvator.]
THE FOUR-FLUSHER. Hans Lindberg. An adventurous hunting trip, an amusing fishing trip and the doctoring of a wounded deer make the fourth of five chapters of "Five Happy Years at Sitka" one of the most interesting of them all.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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JULY, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 7
LAKE NEAR MOOSE PASS. Cover. Kodachrome taken by Robert A. Hall.
LAKE TROLLING. Frontispiece. Photo of summer fishing on Upper Russian Lake, Kenai Peninsula, taken by Robinson Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Those who advocate the elimination of the Alaska Brown bear do not appreciate him as a symbol of the primitive, untouched wilderness of "The Last Frontier."
SELDOVIA. Elsa Pedersen. The fascinating history of the little town of Seldovia on the Kenai Peninsula, from prehistoric times down through the Russian occupation and the Gold-rush, should not be ignored, and neither should its present potentialities as a thriving vacation spot.
TWO MOOSE. Marie Drew. There's more work than thrills to shooting a moose if you're out for meat and not just for sport, according to this settler's wife living north of Anchorage.
FLY-BY-NIGHTERS. Niska Elwell. This amusingly-told description of a successful experiment in night fly-fishing may well encourage any trout-fisherman to make the experiment himself and find new fun.
THE LOST HUNTERS. Hans Lindberg. The series of "Five Happy Years at Sitka" ends with this story of the trapping of a mink, an exciting deer-hunt, and more interesting descriptions of the author's work experimenting with new vegetables and flowers for Alaskan settlers.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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AUGUST, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 8
ESKIMO CHILDREN OF NUNIVAK ISLAND. Cover. Kodachrome by Amos Burg.
KLONDIKE-BOUND. Frontispiece. Photo of Gold-rush steamer leaving San Francisco.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. There are many things holding up the development and settlement of Alaska and the greatest of these are the obstacles placed in the path of progress by near-sighted politicians.
A NIGHT IN A VOLCANO. Al Keller. At one time it seemed that the crater was coming to life, and that wasn't very pleasant for an explorer with a sprained ankle!
AND STILL HE CHARGED! Verna Buttles. When the wounded Brownie grabs your guide by the leg, bear hunting gets a little too hair-raising for comfort.
SKIPPER OF THE CORWIN. Ellsworth L. West. When you're interested in coal and everyone is seeking gold, it complicates matters if you're an Arctic freight and passenger boat captain.
GREGG'S MEAT. J. M. McPhee. If the bears keep eating your meat and attacking you and your dog there's one thing you can do - - eat the bears!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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SEPTEMBER, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 9
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OCTOBER, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 10
READY TO PAN. Cover. Kodachrome taken on upper Noatak River by Dorothy J. Thompson.
LAKE AND MOUNTAIN. Frontispiece. Photo of scene near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, taken by Allyn H. Brown.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. Alaska bears today are holding their own, providing inspiring outdoor recreation and often inspiring fear!
BY THUMB TO ALASKA. Herbert Evans McLean. The trip along the Alaska Highway without a car was somewhat foolhardy, but it was adventure.
WEALTH OF THE NORTHERN SEAS. Tom Clarke. Entirely modern, the Deep Sea is a sea-going freezing unit capable of performing all the operations of bringing the crab or fish from the sea, to packaging it.
OFF SEASON FOR BEARS. Thornton Emmons. .The old-timers of Kodiak never did know how close their direful predictions of the result of this hunt came to being fulfilled.
WRONG TARGET! Niska Elwell. You may not like to read this story, but if you're a hunter, it's awfully good medicine!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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NOVEMBER, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 11
ESKIMO BOYS OF NUNIVAK. Cover. Kodachrome taken on Bering Sea island by Amos Burg.
BROAD PASS COUNTRY. Frontispiece. Photo by Allyn H. Brown.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. The American bald eagle should not be protected in Alaska, but neither should there be a reward for killing it.
BANSHEE IN THE HAUNTED MINE. Edward B. Lung as told to Velma D. Lung and Ella Lung Martinsen. Who was ringing the- bell? What were those mysterious knocking sounds? The mystery is solved in this chapter of the forthcoming book-"Black Sand and Gold."
THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME. W. E. Young, Sr. There were mountain sheep, caribou, Grizzly bears and moose in Alaska for this lucky and sharp-shooting hunter who came and went via the Alaska Highway.
COPPER RIVER RAILROAD. Lawrence J. Williams as told to Oscar L. Brauer. Neither ice nor snow, cold or mosquitoes, mountains or rivers stopped the building of trestles, digging of tunnels and laying of rails, but human nature was always an unknown factor.
STRONG CURRENT. Robert Mayokok. It's heartbreaking, but life-saving to dump a hard-gotten load of walrus meat and ivory. This Eskimo author is one of the hunters who had to return to shore empty-handed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
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DECEMBER, 1949. VOLUME XV. NUMBER 12
ESKIMO HUNTER OF UNALAKLEET. Cover. Kodachrome by Frederick Machetanz.
THE SEAL HUNTER. Frontispiece. Photo taken by Lomen Brothers at Nome.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS. Editorial. After a few experiences with juries, an enforcement officer may well ask, "Why do people pass laws they do not want to help enforce?"
LAST OF THE TOTEM CARVERS. Ward K. Schori. Preaching in English and Tsimpshean [Tsimshian] each Sunday, Casper Mather is an authority on the early life of his people and their totem lore.
A MAN'S COUNTRY. Mildred Keys. When you go to remote Platinum, you live the life of a frontiersman and you find many things of interest and quite a few difficulties.
TOO TOUGH TO HANDLE. Larry Meyers. The winner of Ketchikan's seasonal salmon derby tells why a king salmon is indeed a member of deep-sea royalty with a battling technique all its own.
ARCTIC MAN. Charles Lyman Anson. The collaborator on the autobiography of one of the most fabulous of Alaska's fabulous characters first meets him face to face after the book is published - - and learns first-hand the manner of Arctic man he is.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW. A Department. News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES. A Cartoon Feature. By Robert C. Wikstrom.
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For an excellent list of Illustrators, Artists, and Photographers, of the covers or frontis of
Alaska Sportsman magazines, see Candy Waugaman's database compilation here (this link is an Excel download):
http://tinyurl.com/z3np7mp
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| # 1 The Alaska Sportsman January 1935 The first issue. February 1935 issue. Extremely rare in any condition. |  |
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# 2 The Alaska Sportsman February 1935 The second issue. February 1935 issue. Very rare in any condition. |  |
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| # 3 The Alaska Sportsman March 1935 The third issue. March 1935 issue. Very rare in any condition. |  |
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