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Walter Roman speaks with Jane Williams
and the Circle City - Fairbanks Trail Committee
about...
(1)
Introduction.
Roman, Walter\ Circle City-Fairbanks Trail\ coming to Alaska
- reasons\ Juneau\ Meyer, Frank\ wage earning\
Seward|
(2)
Working around Alaska
Seward\ Anchorage\ Porter, Dirty Face\ O'Hara, Tom\ Bird
Creek\ Indian Creek\ Peterkin\ Fairbanks\ Steese Highway\
hospitality - food\ Bolton, Jack\ Faith Creek\ roadhouse\
Reed, Park\ Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\ hunting - grizzly bear\
prospecting|
(3)
Working around Alaska
continued.
wage earning - jobs\ Reed, Jack\ Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\
Belle Creek\ Roadhouse - mail carriers\ Zimmerman, Tony\
Sourdough Creek\ gold mining\ Palm, Johnny\ freight\ horses\
Bartlett, Bob - father\ Anderson, Jack\ Berry Co.\ Langlow,
Jens\ Central|
(4)
Using horses and mail
runs.
N. C. Co.\ horses\ dogs\ mail runs\ horse skinners\ dog
mushers\ mail contracts\ Palm, Johnny \ Hanson, Willard\
Circle Hot Springs\ Eagle to Circle\ Fairbanks to Circle\
Wells, Curly\ dogs\ horses\ Jewell, Walter\ Blondeau\
Rivard, Jerry\ Gelvin, Ginny\ Lake, Johnny\ Central to
Miller House|
(5)
Airplanes and winter run on
mail.
airplanes\ snowfall\ horses\ trading loads\ airplane -
arrival\ trip - cost|
(6)
Location of trail
Eagle Summit\ McManus Creek\ Montana Creek\ Belle Creek\
Faith Creek\ Roadhouse - Cassiar\ Brison, Bill\ Shorty\
Millers\ Kelly, Jay F.\ Miller House\ Wilkerson,
Fred|
(7)
Roadhouses and people along the
trail.
Miller House\ Miller, Graziella\ hospitality - cleanliness\
Berry wood cutting\ Central - wood cutters\ Crooked Creek\
Ericksen, Riley\ Stade\ Felix\ Two-step Louis\ Belle Creek\
Nome Creek\ Vokeman, Billy - death\ Seppala, Leonard\
O'Conner, Pat\ Ophir Creek\ bus\ Chatanika\ neighbors\
Smith\ Ophir Creek\ gold mining|
(8)
People along the trail
continued.
Helde Boys\ Sourdough Creek\ Webber, Ben\ perishables\
whiskey\ Henderson, Bill\ Bachelor Creek\ Stewart, Billy\ 74
mile\ Green, Barney\ Harrington's Fork\ trapping\ wage
earning\ Johnson\ Smith Creek\ Maney, Jim\ Faith
Creek|
(9)
People along the trail
continued.
prospectors\ Bachelor Creek\ Sharp, Frank\ Olson\ Tamura,
Mamie\ Miller House\ Mastodon Creek\ Crossman, Walter\ booze
maker\ Linn, Boyer\ Woods, George\ Blondeau, George\
Harrison Creek\ Tate, Walter\ Tate, Walter - sister\
trapping|
(10)
People along the trail
continued
Stout, Earl\ Blondeau, George - marshal\ Blondeau, George -
death\ Miller, Frank\ Miller, Graziella\ roadhouse\ mining
claims\ Parker\ Raymond, Jack\ miner\ F. E. Co.\ Harrison
Creek\ Laird, Archie\ Mastodon Creek\ Crosson, Joe\ gold
mining\ CAT's - arrival|
(11)
People along the trail continued and Walter's gold
mining.
Olsons\ Deadwood\ Bayliss, Otto - family\ Roadhouse -
Central\ gold mining - learning\ Zimmerman, Tony\ Zimmerman,
Ester\ Sourdough\ Bottom Dollar\ Peters,
Charlie|
(12)
Walter's gold mining
continued.
Mastodon Creek\ Portage Creek\ Wiley, Fred\ Martin, Hank\
gold - price\ Fish Creek\ Roman, Walter -
son|
(13)
Mamie Tamura takes a trip on the dog
sled.
Tamura, Mamie\ Roadhouse - Twelve Mile\ Faith Creek\
Fairbanks\ Miller House\ Bolton, Jack\
Japanese|
(14)
Identifies trail on map and photos from Tacoma Public
Library.
Independence Creek\ Great unknown\ Deadwood Creek\ (Photo 1)
Eagle Creek\ Bergeson, Andy\ (Photo 2) Eagle Summit\ Mason,
Stanley\ Miller House side|
(15)
Identifying photos
continued
(Photo 3) Soboloff, Simon\ (Photo 4) Circle Hot Springs
taken by Noel Wien\ Tripp, Jack\ Cacy, Bob\ (Photo 5) Miller
House\ Berry Co.|
(16)
Identifying photos
continued.
(Photo 5 continued) Miller, Fritz\ Ellingen, Casper\ (Photo
6) Circle\ roadhouse\ NC Co.\ (Photo 7) wagon\ Bristow,
Joe|
(17)
Identifying photos
continued
(Photo 8) Bayliss Family\ party in Circle|
(18)
Identifying photos
continued.
(Photo 9) Circle\ Nathaniel, Mary\ Moses, Sarah\ Moses,
William\ Stewart, Billy\ closing|
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