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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subject Keys: Alaska
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    • State history. Earthquakes. 1933-01-04


    • Quake shakes seward, Alaska

    • 1933

    • Quake shakes seward, Alaska. - Seismologists of northwestern colleges went to their instruments today to check the course of a sharp earth tremor that frightened citizens of Seward, Alaska, and was felt in Washington state.
    • State history. Earthquakes. 1933-01-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-01-04


    • Alaska miners in Idaho

    • 1933

    • Alaska miners in Idaho - Norman C. Stines, who has organized the Gold Dredging company, which is taking over property on Rhodes creek, near Pierce, Idaho, is an experienced dredge miner of the Fairbanks, Alaska, district. The property on Rhodes...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-01-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1936-11-01


    • On throne of gold.

    • 1936

    • On throne of gold. - Miss Evelyn Curtiss, 3926 Warsaww St., stands on three steel chests containing $800,000 work of gold bullion brought to Seattle from Nome by Alaska Steamship Company's liner Victoria. The vessel brought a total of $1,000,000...
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1936-11-01
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1936-10-18


    • Indian's origin soon be solved

    • 1936

    • Indian's origin soon be solved. - Smithsonian scientists near solution of problem. - Alaska artifacts studied. - Believed to have crossed from Asia in waves by skin boats along Alaskan coast. / by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka
      Answers to the old questions...
    • State history. Native Americans. Historical. 1936-10-18
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. R. 1937-08-30


    • Teacher revealed as heroic girl reporter of early days

    • 1937

    • Teacher revealed as heroic girl reporter of early days
      Mrs. Claire Dunbar Roberts, Spokane dramatics school teacher, in a mind, sweet woman. Her pupils didn't dream of her as a "two-fisted" girl reporter of early day Alaska until a recent radio...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. R. 1937-08-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1935-07-12


    • Weigh anchor for sea gold - Benson to try Oregon beaches before sailing to Nome, Alaska

    • 1935

    • Weigh anchor for sea gold - Benson to try Oregon beaches before sailing to Nome, Alaska - The day is not remote, says Captain John C. Benson, master mariner and gold miner, when he will board his ship, the Gold King of the Offshore Gold company,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1935-07-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1928-02-12


    • Many displays for mines meet - mineral specimens from all parts of northwest to be shown - Alaska ores coming - also expect representation from southern Idaho, Montana and southwestern Oregon

    • 1928

    • Many displays for mines meet - mineral specimens from all parts of northwest to be shown - Alaska ores coming - also expect representation from southern Idaho, Montana and southwestern Oregon - Ore samples and mineral specimines from all parts of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1928-02-12
    • State history. Native Americans. Anthropology. 1936-10-18


    • Indian's origin soon to be solved

    • 1936

    • Indian's origin soon to be solved. - Smithsonian scientist near solution of problem. - Alaska artifacts studied. - Believed to have crossed from Asia in waves by skin boats along Alaskan coast / by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka
      Answers to the old question...
    • State history. Native Americans. Anthropology. 1936-10-18
    • State history. Native Americans. Anthropology. 1929-09-30


    • How the Indians came.

    • 1929

    • How the Indians came. - Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, noted ethnologist and explorer of the Smithsonian institution, returns from Alaska with further evidence that the Indians descended from Asiatics and came to this continent by way of Bering strait. But he...
    • State history. Native Americans. Anthropology. 1929-09-30
    • Northwest history. International affairs. 1937-03-05


    • Floating fish canneries hit.

    • 1937

    • Floating fish canneries hit. -Japanese move seen as blow at valuable resources attached to Alaska. The Board of Directors of the General Wild Life Federation went on record today as opposed to a proposed establishment by Japan of floating salmon...
    • Northwest history. International affairs. 1937-03-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1936-12-05


    • Placer miner meets gold digger

    • 1936

    • Placer miner meets gold digger - Frank J. COtter, just returned from Alaska, where he is developing a valuable placer deposit, met a feminine "gold digger" in the person of Laura L. Munk, manager of the Sure Pay Gold mine at Oroville, Cal., when...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Conventions. 1936-12-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1936-03-21


    • Start April 1 on Richmond - crew on high grade and diamond drillers on big low-grade body, says head

    • 1936

    • Start April 1 on Richmond - crew on high grade and diamond drillers on big low-grade body, says head - Mining operations on the property of the RIchmond Consolidated Mining company, on the copper belt, near Skagway, Alaska, will be started with a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1936-03-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Examination. 1935-06-25


    • Syndicate may take mines in Northwest

    • 1935

    • Syndicate may take mines in Northwest - Leverett Davis, mining engineer, Portland, Ore., is heading an organization that is examining properties in many parts of the northern hemisphere- Alaska to the West Indies. The organization is a private...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Examination. 1935-06-25

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