Carpenter's World Travels, Alaska Our Northern Wonderland

Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become our 49th state.


By : Frank G. Carpenter (1855 - 1924)

01 - Just a Word Before we Start



02 - Ketchikan



03 - The Town of the Good Indians



04 - Alaska's Golden Fisheries



05 - The Story of Seward's Ice Box



06 - The Thlingets and the Hydahs



07 - Totem Indians and Their Customs



08 - Farm Lands of the Future



09 - At Juneau



10 - Treasures Under the Sea



11 - The World's Greatest Glaciers



12 - Skagway, Gateway to the Klondike



13 - Over the Gold Seekers Trail



14 - In the Yukon Flats



15 - Winter Tales of Tanana



16 - Hot Springs in Cold Lands



17 - Fairbanks, the Chicago of Alaska



18 - Homesteading Under the Arctic Circle



19 - Thawing Fortunes Out of the Ice



20 - Stories of Gold and Gold Miners



21 - Among the Old Timers



22 - From Fort Gibbon to the Sea



23 - The City of Golden Sands



24 - Creeks that Made Millionaires



25 - The Dog Derby of Alaska



26 - Reindeer Meat for American Markets



27 - Among the Eskimos



28 - School Republics of the Arctic



29 - Fur Seals and Fox Farms



30 - The Aleutian Islands



31 - The City of Seward



32 - Across Kenai on Horseback



33 - Our Northern Game Preserve



34 - The Biggest Thing in Alaska



35 - Mount McKinley, the Most High



36 - The Story of Kennecott



37 - On the Copper River Railroad



38 - Women on America's Last Frontier

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