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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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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."
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
___________________________________________________
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.
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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 Maycock
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.
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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.
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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 Maycock.
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
Maycock 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.
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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 Maycock.
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.
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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!
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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.
Not available at this time.
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# 2
The Alaska Sportsman
February 1935
The second issue. February 1935 issue. Very rare in any
condition.
The darker triangle at the top left is a shadow, not on the
magazine.
Price is $350 plus $10 shipping and insurance.
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# 3
The Alaska Sportsman
March 1935
The third issue. March 1935 issue. Very rare in any
condition.
The darker triangle at the top left is a shadow, not on the
magazine.
Price is $250 plus $10 shipping and insurance.
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