Bettles Evansville: Images

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image thumbnail James L. Anderson Title from verso. "By James L. Anderson photo Bettles, Alaska yr. Photo [reproduced] by Jerome Lardy June 1979. Kay J. Kennedy P.O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708." Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Title by indexer."Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Airplane Service Fairbanks, Alaska Chas. L. Thompson, Mgr. Passenger and express rates--1928." This card lists the destinations (to and from Fairbanks) and prices for the Bennett-Rodenbaugh Company. Hand-written at the bottom of the card: "Bennett Rodebaugh schedule 1928" and "Noel Wien Photo". Destinations include: Livengood, Chena Hot Springs, Nenana, Palmer Creek, Manley Hot Springs, Circle Hot Springs, Circle City, Beaver, Kantishna, Minchumina, American Creek, Tanana, Rampart, Fort Yukon, Bettles, Wiseman, Ruby, Chandalar, Eagle, Tetlin Lake, McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Flat, Iditarod, Sleitmut, Nulato, Bethel, Nome, and Kotzebue. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Demientieff, Claude interview (05/17/1985) (04 of 09) (9:17 min.) (04 of 09) Business history Crooked River; Talkeetna; oil company; haul fuel; Bettles; Hanson Brothers; Evans, Charlie; Walker, David; Brown, Chuck; railroad; retirement; President Reagan; construction; North Slope; Anchorage; business loan; self-employed; Cushman Street; Nobel Street; Wendell Street Bridge; 1970; Nulato store; Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
image thumbnail Johansen, Woodrow interview (04/17/1985) 19 of 27 (4:15 min) (19 of 27)Haul Road -- Bettles Once they made it to Bettles they had to refit equipment. There was too much wind north of Bettles, canvas was okay for a while but had to build with more substantial metal and wood. Snow ramps to get to the river bottoms when too steep. Concerns with Anuktuvuk Pass Village. Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Convoy passes Fox on way to Livengood where they take the Hickle [sic] ice road to Bettles. Title taken from verso. View of construction machinery convoy passing through Fox, Alaska, during trip to Livengood where they will take Hickel Highway (ice road) to Bettles during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Sign in center reads: "Schlitz. The beer that made Milwaukee famous. Fox Bar." March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". Steve McCutcheon Trans Alaska Pipeline System Construction Collection
image thumbnail On top Beaver Co. Alaska. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. No names but the man on the right "had the store at Bettles"; writing on the front says "On Top - Beaver [or Bearer] - co. Alaska". Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail In front of Bettles. Title by indexer. A sign on top of the boat reads "DOOLEY". Description from cataloger's notes. "This is the scow right there in front of Bettles." Jack? "He had a store in Bettles." Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail Standing on the Banks of the Yukon River. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. See the numbers on the photo: 1. Tishu (Stokes) Ulen; 2. Nellie McNeal "Little Nellie ... she stayed for the summer with us." 3. Jay ?; 4. Madame Melbourne; 5. Mrs. Brown; 6. Mary Smith. Photo shows them all standing on the banks of the Koyukon River at Bettles. The river scow has just left the bank and headed north, up the river. This particular boat is the next-to-last one of the season, in fall 1919. "We [Tishu and Nellie] are gonna go to school now." McNeal may be spelled "MacNeal" elsewhere in this collection. Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail uaf-2000-0148-00108 Eskimos and modern dog team pipeline to Bettles 1972.<br><br>Photo taken at the head of John River above Hunts Fork. Woodrow Johansen Papers

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