1899 Bergman Alaska
Original Boxing photograph
& glass plate negative

approx. 5 by 8 inches

According to the National Park Service: "When gold was discovered on the Koyukuk, Gordon Bettles opened a trading post in a tiny boomtown the miners called Bergman.  When it flooded, he opened another post a short distance upstream and named it after himself. Unfortunately, most of the Koyukuk gold was not accessible using mining methods of the day, and it was nearly impossible to extract enough to make it pay, particularly given the remote location and the severe climate.  One miner wrote home, “Dearest, let me tell you any one who has ever gone prospecting for Gold is the hardest earned money a man ever earned, for this is the most miserable place on earth.”

An important piece of Koyukuk history
& Alaska boxing memorabilia.

Bergman Alaska Boxing 1899 photo & its original glass negative

[shelf locator: ephemera notebook Interior Alaska]

  $350 plus $15.00 postage & packing & insurance
(international orders extra) for this item.
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