At Work in the Wrangells: A Photographic History 1895-1966 comes to fruition during a year that commemorates both the National Park Service’s Centennial birthday and the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. Just as these anniversaries provide opportunities to pause and reflect on what has gone on in the past to help inform the future, this publication provides a look back in time at the human activity that has taken place within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve through a series of evocative and representational images.
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: The Nature of Work .1
Chapter One: Subsistence Lifeways 19
Chapter Two: Mining 43
Chapter Three: Transportation 61
Chapter Four: Commerce and Government Services 79
Chapter Five: “Women’s Work .99
Chapter Six: Aviation 119
Chapter Seven: Sport Hunting135
Chapter Eight: Mountaineering 153
Chapter Nine: Science and Exploration 175
Chapter Ten: Tourism 199
Epilogue: Play 211
List of Sources:231
Alaskan citizens, Alaskan Native People, Eductors and Historians of Alaska and the Alskan Gold Rush, Early American History Buffs,
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