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First motorcar trip across Alaska and Yukon 1911
The 1911 account recalls the writer as the first to drive a car through Alaska and the Yukon from tidewater to the Yukon headwaters. He describes road conditions from Skagway to White Horse, the dangers of the White Pass and Dawson trails, and the efforts to cross washouts, bridges, and rough grades with a heavy 4,800 pound vehicle. The narrative highlights challenges, resourcefulness, and the dream of motorizing Alaska’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Yukon Valley
American Tidewater
Yukon
English Territory
White Horse
Carmack
Territory
Skagway
Coast Range
Brown
Mexico
Arizon
Desert
Jack Chambers
L. Dickinson
White Pass
Chambers
Caribou
Whit Horse
Harney McGee
Barney Withere
White Horse Dawson
Herbert Wheeler
Polly
Stewart
Wheeler
Toute
Keller
Daily
Alaskan
Arctic Brotherhood
Ramp No. 1
Fromie
Dead Horse Gulch
Canada
Nort Anhalt
Aehere
Tiunenarth
Amakahi Yiecome
Hvale
Thes Alpe
Swonder
Onde
Alsat
Sam
Ani
Walt
Berehen