In 1897, thousands of men and women from around the world rushed to Alaska to seek their bonanza in Yukon gold. Local Juneau photographers Lloyd...
Gold Fever
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Alaska
Alaska’s Real Bonanza
In the 1890s, stampeders and sourdoughs discovered the real bonanza was from the sea. Alaska, the final frontier of the American West, was actively...
Clum in the Cold
John Clum’s great adventure in Alaska is still legendary. John Clum is best known for his two years in Tombstone, serving as mayor,...
The Legendary Jack Dalton
Was he Alaska's greatest backwoodsman and trailblazer? A Haines woman who’d known John “Jack” Dalton as a frequent guest at her...
The Accidental Explorer
From the Alaskan Arctic to the Bearpaw Battlefield in Montana, Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a man of action and adventure. In...
Alaska’s Wild West
Adventure and history await discovery across the Last Frontier State. Several years ago, I was a long-term substitute teacher in the Yup’ik...
City of Dreams
The odds are good that a visitor to Nome, Alaska—landed as a cruise ship passenger or spectator of the Iditarod race finish—will pause before an...
Frederick Schwatka
From fighting in the Great Sioux War to daring exploits in Alaska, the Oregon cavalryman had the right stuff.
Alaska at 60
Visitors to the 49th state will discover Old West adventures abound across the last frontier.