Alaska Sportsman Magazine
We have a large stock of back issues of
Alaska Sportsman Magazine and
Alaska Magazine. Also other magazines such as Alaska Life, Alaska
Journal, etc.
Email or call for availability of the
issue(s) you are looking for. If I have the issue(s) you are looking
for I'll give price & condition information.
Questions? Click here to send me
an email
Or call (907)789-8450 (afternoon or evening Alaska time is best chance
to reach me). If I'm not at home, please leave a message with issues
wanted and your phone number and email address. Thanks!
return to home page
We purchase collections or single issues of Alaska Sportsman
Magazine, and will consider purchasing any old Alaska items.
_________________________________________________________
I will attempt to provide the Table of Contents of each magazine and list
them below.
My annotations [that text within brackets like these] is copyright
© Alaskan Heritage Bookshop.
_________________________________________________________
January, 1935. Volume 1. No. 1.
COVER-"MUSH" by O. C. Schallerer
FRONTISPIECE-"Sunset on the Sheltered Seas of Alaska"
By O. C. Schallerer
AN ALASKA ANGLER SPEAKS OUT
Alaska the fisherman's paradise
Frank Dufresne
CALLING DEER
Hal Gould
10
He calls 'em in alive.
DID YOU EVER?
F. W. Gabler
12
Reminiscence of an old-timer.
SENTINEL BILLY
Victor Shaw
13
Mountain Goat of the Unuk River country.
LORD STETSON OF KENAI.
The sheep with the crumpled horn.
15
THE WOLF PACK
F. W. Gabler
16
Killers of the North.
THE CHECHAKO
Brig
Young 18
Percival goes a-fishing.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
20
Outdoor news of Alaska.
ALASKA WONDERLAND
Dr. Will H. Chase 21
Destined to be America's playground.
TRAP LINE
22
Furs-Trappers-Regulations
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
24
For conservation, propagation and better sportsmanship.
___________________________________________________
February, 1935. Volume 1. No. 2.
COVER- "THE' MONARCH"
Courtesy
O. C. Schallerer
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 4
FRONTISPIECE - "White Ghosts of Winter"
5
By F. W. Gabler
Photograph by O. C.
Schallerer
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE
Leslie
Melvin 6
A youth's fight for life in the frozen polar regions.
"DENALI," THE HIGH ONE
8
A story of fact and legend about the great Mount McKinley.
UP FROM THE DEEP
Leonard H. Delano
11
Reclaiming lost gold from the ill-fated Islander.
A CLOSE CALL
Thomas Riggs
12
An Alaska Ex-Governor's narrowest escape from death.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
13
Outdoor news of Alaska.
PROSPECTING FOR SPORT
J. F. Krause
14
A licensed Alaska guide takes a trip into the Cassiar country.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
15
For conservation, propagation of Alaska wild life and sportsmanship.
ARCTIC CRUISE
Edith Newman Plaut 16
An excursion trip to the Arctic ice pack.
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 18
Furs- Trappers-Regulations.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van
Gilder 20
MAKING A CLEAN KILL
Dr. M. H. Damron 22
How to kill a bear.
GLIMPSES INTO ALASKA
25
A pictorial page of outdoor Alaska.
___________________________________________________
March, 1935. Volume 1. No. 3.
COVER
"At Bay".
Photo courtesy of Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE- "Ed Jones and His Prize Winning King Salmon”
4
Photo by O. C. Schallerer.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
SECRETS OF KUKULIK
Mary Uta Mikami
6
Uncovering Alaska's forgotten ages.
WILD BILL'S CLOSEST CALL
Wild Bill Matilla
8
An encounter with a brownie.
as told to Ritchie Lovejoy.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE
Leslie Melvin 10
Second installment of a youth's fight for life in the frozen north.
SUPERLATIVE SHOOTING
Frank North
12
A story of true sportsmanship.
THE GREAT TREK
Robert M. Hyatt
14
An account of the great reindeer drive from Kotzebue to the Mackenzie.
THE HYDAH CANOE [Haida].
HaI Gould
16
How the primitive Alaskan built his canoe from a solid log.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
18
What about the abolishment of the Alaska Game Commission?
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van
Gilder 19
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 20
THE TIDEWATER SET
Alaska Game Commission.
21
One method of trapping wolves.
A GROUSE CHICK GOES HOLLYWOOD
Maxine Williams
24
The photographing of a baby grouse.
PLUG UP YOUR GUNS BOYS
24
Three-shell restriction for shotguns.
ALASKA BROWN BEAR TO BE PROTECTED
25
Brown bear conservation on Admiralty Island.
PICTURE P AGE
29
Views of the far north.
___________________________________________________
April, 1935. Volume 1. No. 4.
COVER "Rainbows of Willow Creek" Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE "The Thinker" Photo by Ray Roady, Ketchikan,
Alaska. 4
VEGETABLES OF THE ALASKA WILDERNESS
C. R.
Snow
6
Edible wild plant life of Alaska.
RAINB0W STEELHEADS
9
The Alaska Sportsman's Territorial Fishing Contest.
THE GOLDEN
UNUK
Walter
C. Blanton 10
Mining potentialities of Southeastern Alaska.
NESTING NOTES ON NATIVE GEESE 12
Non migratory geese of Alaska.
PIONEERING WITH ROD AND
REEL
H. W. Jackson 14
The discovery of uncharted fishing grounds.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC
SLOPE
Leslie Melvin 16
Third instalment of a long battle for life in the polar regions.
FLYING FOR FISH
F. W. Gabler
18
A fishing trip to Wilson Lake via airplane.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
20
ARMS AND
AMMUNITION
Claud Aiken 21
Pros and cons on guns and ammunition.
THE TRAP LINE DEPARTMENT
C. R. Snow
22
A department for the trapper and fur breeder.
ALASKA'S FIRST TERRITORIAL FISHING CONTEST
24
A silver cup for the largest rainbow steelhead.
ROD AND REEL
DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van Gilder 27
A few notes on seasonal lures.
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Ray Roady 29
A new department for camera fans.
THE ALASKA LIARS
CLUB
31
Just a few choice "whoppers."
___________________________________________________
(no issue was published for May, 1935)
___________________________________________________
June, 1935. Volume 1. No. 5.
COVER
Alaska Brown Bear
FRONTISPIECE
John W. Troy
Governor of Alaska 4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service, Juneau, Alaska.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
COHOS, KINGS AND OTHER THINGS
C. R. Snow
6
The battling Alaska salmon and how to catch them.
NATURE'S AUTOMATIC DAM
John Q. Aams 9
Knik Glacier and Lake George form one of nature's wonders.
MOVING MOUNTAINS
Paul E. Garrett
10
Hunting the ferocious Alaska brown bear on Kodiak Island.
ALASKA-WIDE FISHING CONTEST
11
The Alaska Sportsman silver trophy for the largest "Rainbow-Steelhead."
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE
Leslie Melvin 12
The fourth installment of a long battle for life in the Arctic.
BIG PAWS
D. F. Howard 14
The story of a brown bear who once was king of the Kenai Peninsula.
POTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Ray Roady
15
CLARENCE GOES STRIPFISHING
Frank Dufresne
16
A chechako learns the fine art of stripfishing for Alaska salmon.
PICTURE PAGE
Scenes Near
Juneau 17
QUEEN
Jack Allman
18
A story of deep affection between a man and his dog.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
22
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BROWN BEAR
Olive Matney
26
Olive's own story of how her mamma shot a brown bear.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION DEPARTMENT
Claud Aiken
26
The world's most unpopular gun.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van
Gilder 29
Timely hints on fishing.
HATS OFF TO CORDOVA SPORTSMEN
32
Braving the rigors of winter for trout.
___________________________________________________
(no issues were published for July thru November, 1935)
___________________________________________________
December, 1935. Volume 1. No. 6
COVER
"In Velvet"
Milotte Studio, Ketchikan, Alaska.
FRONTISPIECE
Chief
Plenty-Talker 4
Drawing by T. R. Lambert.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
HUNGER AT WILSON LAKE
C. M. Archbold
6
A forester discovers fish with big appetites.
GROUSE OF ALASKA
Frank Dufresne 8
The Alaska outdoors man's food bird.
TUNDRA TERROR
Victor Shaw
9
A hunter and his guide meet the unusual.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE
Leslie Melvin 10
Fifth installment of an absorbing adventure story.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A Department
12
SUMMER CAMP
13
An Alaska painting by T. R. Lambert.
BACK BREAKING BUCKS OF COPPERMOUNT
E. L.
Keithahn 14
A hunting party seeks and finds the Sitkan deer.
THE LUCKY SWEDE
C. T.
Ashby 16
Gold is where you find it.
THE LAW OF THE TOTEM
Hal Gould 19
A story of the potlatch and other Indian customs.
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 20
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
22
WHY WE ARE GOING ON
A group of
letters 26
___________________________________________________
First Annual issue Volume 1 No. 1 (1936?)
PAINTING by Yale Gracey
Cover
GHOST TOWN
Frontispiece
4
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS!
Editorial 5
Opportunity in Alaska is greater than ever before.
HE GRAPPLED WITH A BEAR
Conrad Puhr
6
A true story of a hand-to-hand encounter with a Brown Bear and a
miraculous escape.
IT"S A FISHY COUNTRY
Ellal Wilson
Hill 8
Alaska waters yield a wide variety of sea food for profit and for
pleasure.
DEAD MAN'S DIARY
A Dramatic
Record 11
Ill and without food, a trapper puts up a losing but heroic battle.
GOOD HUNTING
Lee Ellis
12
Hunting big game in Alaska has a most fascinating lure for both Hunter
and Guide.
THE GILLAM PLANE WAS MISSING. Robert Gebo as told to
Ethel Dassow 14
A survivor's account of a grim month's struggle against a freezing,
starving death in Southeastern Alaska's rugged wilderness.
NINE POLAR BEARS
Waldo Bodfish as told to J. Lester
Minner 18
A herd of Polar bears is rare - even to an Eskimo.
CLARENCE GOES STRIP FISHING
Frank
Dufresne 23
A Cheechako learns the fine art of stripfishing for Alaska salmon.
A TRIP TO ALASKA
A
Feature 24
Information on what to expect in Alaska, and how to
get there by land, air and sea; Alaska Highway Map.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A Department
30
News and notes about "The Last Frontier."
SOURDOUGH TALES
Arthur J.
Beecher 38
An Alaska pioneer tells of an Arctic phenomena and his most exciting
adventure.
ALASKA ODDITIES
A Cartoon Feature 50
By Mrs. Elizabeth White.
___________________________________________________
January, 1936. Volume II. No. 1.
COVER
"A Polar
Night"
Ray Roady and F. W. Gabler
FRONTISPIECE
"How High Is
Up?" 4
Painting by E. B. Pollock.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
A TROPHY FROM KODIAK
John C. Ayres
6
A difficult hunt brings results.
BIG GAME.
Jack Allman 8
A story of Northwest Canada.
WINTER TRANSPORTATION IN FAR NORTH
Pictorial
9
Photos by Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska.
THE WIFE GOES FISHING
G. Burgess
Strong 10
A humorous yarn of Alaska sport fishing.
ALONE ON THE ARCTIC SLOPE
Leslie Melvin 11
Concluding chapter of a true Alaskan experience.
JERRY, MY WOODLAND PAL
C. J.
Lincke 12
A moose makes friends with a man.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
Department 13
News and facts about Alaska.
A GOAT A DAY AT RUDYERD BAY
Harry F. Elliott 14
Two Alaskans have a short, successful hunt.
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 18
A department.
ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
20
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken 21
A department.
___________________________________________________
February, 1936. Volume II. No. 2
COVER
"End of the Day"
Ray Roady and F. W. Gabler
FRONTISPIECE - "Auk Lake and Mendenhall Glacier"
4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service, Juneau, Alaska.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
INTO THE WILDERNESS
John Q. Adams 6
The call of the wild in California and Alaska.
MATANUSKA'S A GOOD THING
Dan
Noonan. 8
Some whys and wherefores of the colonization project.
GLACIER SIDE TRIP.
Floris Clark McLaren
12
The captain held the boat.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
13
News and facts about Alaska.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ray Roady 14
Some hints on hunting with a camera.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALASKA WILD LIFE
15
OLD GROANER
F. W. Gabler 16
The world's record grizzly had reason to be mean.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
20
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw
21
News of Alaska mines and minerals.
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 22
A department for trappers and fur breeders.
THE MULLIGAN POT
24
Sourdough recipe.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
25
A department.
___________________________________________________
March, 1936. Volume II. No.3
COVER
"Innocents Abroad"
Photo by C. J. Bradley.
FRONTISPIECE
Hydah Indian Woman 4
Painting by A. D. J. Pitts.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
LOST
John Q. Adams
6
An early-day, true experience of Tony Martin.
THE CHARTS WERE INADEQUATE
Commander R. R. Lukens 8
Uncle Sam's Coast and Geodetic Survey has been improving Russia's
charts.
EELS OF THE YUKON
J. F.
Plein 10
The annual run of millions of eels provides food for man and dog.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
11
News and facts about Alaska.
WE SAW A FEW DEER
Maxine
Williams 12
A record, in words and pictures, of an exciting hunt.
DOG MUSHING IN ALASKA
Frank Dufresne 14
A form of Alaska transportation now being superseded by the airplane.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
18
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
20
A department
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor
Shaw 22
Guides in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
___________________________________________________
April, 1936. Volume II. No. 4
COVER
"Alaska Black Bear"
Photo by Cecil E. Rhode.
FRONTISPIECE
"Glacial
History"
4
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
KODIAK GIANT
J. Bruce Allen
6
How the new world's record bear was bagged.
CHINOOK
Ralph
Johnson 8
The call of the wild versus the call of mankind.
I WAS HUGGED BY A BEAR
Wayne Phillips
10
A first-hand account of Alaska's most recent bear mauling.
ALASKA GAME TRAILS
Hal Gould 11
Tracks in the wilderness often have stories to tell.
POLAR FURY
Charles
Madsen 12
The cumbersome looking walrus can be a dangerous antagonist in the
water.
GRUBSTAKED
Jack Allman 14
The first installment of a fiction story of modem Alaska.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
16
A department.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
A department 17
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
18
Introducing a new department of Alaskan plants and flowers.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
20
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw
22
Guides in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
___________________________________________________
May, 1936. Volume II. No. 5
COVER
"Monarch of Kenai"
Photo by Andy Simons, courtesy Schallerer's Photo Shop.
FRONTISPIECE
"Wolverine Tracks"
4
Photo by Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
THE COURAGE OF THE KODIAKS
Claude H. Barr 6
The largest of carnivores certainly can "take it."
STONE-AGE STUFF
Frederick Magill, Jr. 8
Showing that there is more than one way to kill a deer.
GULO, THE TOUGH GUY
Frank Dufresne
9
The wily wolverine wreaks havoc wherever he goes.
GRUBSTAKED
Jack Allman
10
The concluding chapter of a fiction story of modern Alaska.
BOGOSLOF, ISLAND OF MYSTERY
Lieut. George E. Morris, Jr.
12
Four men spend ten weeks on top of a submarine volcano.
THE NAVY COMES TO ALASKA
Lt.
Commander J. H. Skillman. 14
Impressions of Alaska as seen by a Navy man.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
16
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw, editor 17
Guide posts in the search for Alaskan mines and minerals.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
18
A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson, editor
22
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
___________________________________________________
June, 1936. Volume II. No. 6.
COVER
"Palsy Walsies"
Photo Courtesy Schallerers Photo Shop.
FRONTISPIECE
Miss Alaska on the Throne
4
Photo by Becker's Photo Company.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
ANTIDOTE
Jack Allman 6
The first of a fiction series featuring Dave Blaine, Alaska Marshal.
NOMADS OF THE NORTH
Anna Brant 8
Alaska's vagabond caribou provide a bountiful source of meat.
THE TRAPPER'S VERSION
W. M. Nutter 9
An outdoors man relates an exciting experience in his own words.
NOME CAFE
A. F.
Raynor 10
Food came high in the early days of the gold rush.
ALASKA DALLI RAMS
John Q. Adams 11
Adventure and sport lie ahead for the hunter of white sheep.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
13
News and facts about Alaska.
FAIRBANKS DOG DERBY
J. Rex Peterson
14
The story of Alaska's leading sports event.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F.
Van Gilder, editor 17
Protection is given Alaska's trout.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw, editor 21
Guide posts in the search for Alaskan mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson, editor
25
A department of Alaskan plants and flowers.
___________________________________________________
July, 1936. Volume II. No. 7.
COVER
"Casting"
Photo by Milotte Studio.
FRONTISPIECE
White Siberian Sled Dog 4
Photo by Charlotte B. Potter, courtesy Schallerer's Photo Shop
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
THE GLACIER BEAR
J. F.
Krause 6
His color is like the blue of his glacier home.
FISHIN'
Stanley Adams
8
Some firemen fly to find fishin' that is fishin'.
THE FAIRBANKS ICE CARNIVAL
J. Rex Peterson
10
Parades and thrilling winter sports make the annual event unique.
DRUM ICE
Jack Allman 12
The second of a fiction series featuring Dave Blaine, Alaskan marshal.
ANDERSON'S INCUBATORS
H. A. Anderson 14
A homesteader enlists the aid of a queer bird to hatch domestic chicks.
ADVENTURE ON WHITE WATER
C. T. Ashby 15
How three men lost their lives in the Abercrombie Rapids.
THE LUCKY SHRIMPERS
Kenneth M. Nelson 16
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken, editor 19
A department.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw, editor 21
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson,
editor 22
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J.
F. Van Gilder, editor 24
On the subject of artificial lures.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
25
A department.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 30
News and facts about Alaska.
___________________________________________________
August, 1936. Volume II. No. 8.
THE SPOTTED FAWN
Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
THE RUSSIAN RIVER OF THE RAINBOWS
Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
BEARS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
C. R. Snow 6
In which their traits and differences and the best methods of hunting
them are explained.
FRIDAY THE 13TH
August
Eberhardt 9
He didn't believe in the Jinx, but found plenty of evidence of it, just
the same.
THE RIVER'S REPUTATION
Paul E. Garrett
10
It's always best to have first-hand information.
DRUM ICE
Jack Allman 12
Second and concluding chapter of a fiction story featuring Dave Blaine,
Alaska marshal.
WILD LIFE OF ALASKA NATIONAL FORESTS
Jay Williams
14
Surprising is the quantity and variety of game and fur in The Last
Frontier.
DON'T GO HALIBUT FISHING
Gus Borgen
16
It's often a tough life and only the strong don't weaken.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 19
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken 21
A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
26
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
THE MULLIGAN POT
A department
27
___________________________________________________
September, 1936. Volume II. No.9.
IN SEARCH OF SALMON
Photo by Amos Burg.
Cover
MOUNT EDGECUMBE, SITKA
Frontispiece
4
Photo by R. A. Buchanan.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
A BEAR HUNT IN STORMLAND
Clarence
Ederer 6
If adventure is overcoming difficulties-this is it!
[tip of the Alaska
Peninsula, Andy Simons of Seward as bear hunting guide]
THE CALL OF THE WILD
C. R. Snow
8
The deer call is indispensible to the Alaska hunter.
MUDDIN' AROUND ON COOK INLET
John Q.
Adams 10
Hair seal, brown bear, birds and mud flats provide
outing experiences that are "different."
WOLFBAIT
Jack
Allman 12
Marshal Dave Blaine steps into another mystery of
Alaska's wilderness. A fiction story.
TROUT TAXIDERMY AT HOME
Ormal I. Sprungman
14
An explanation of a simple method of mounting fish.
THE ROMANCE OF THE SALMON
Merton H. Rapp 15
Some whys and wherefores of Alaska's greatest industry.
THE ALASKA SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
A department
20
In which a young man discusses "This Game Situation."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
A department.
Claude Aiken 23
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 24
Guide posts in the search for Alaska mines and minerals.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson 26
A department of Alaska plants and flowers.
___________________________________________________
October, 1936. Volume II. No. 10.
TROUBLE "BRUIN"
Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
AN ALASKA HUNTSMAN
Frontispiece 4
Photo by Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
The lesson of the sea-otter.
EVERY INCH A KING
Robert A. Henning 6
There's a real thrill in catching a salmon like this!
MEMOIRS OF A BULL SEA LION
Cecil Lee Shumaker 8
On Bogoslof the battles are for home and family.
WOLF BAIT
Jack Allman 10
"Wolf" Warren, murderer, is trapped by Marshal Dave Blaine.
THEY TROLL ALONG
Walter Weston 12
The life of a troller is for the strong and patient.
KEEP THE BOLT HANDLE DOWN!
Hosea Sarber
14
If you don't, the charging bear may keep advancing!
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 19
A discussion of formations in the Hyder district. A department.
THE MULLIGAN POT
A department
20
A recipe for hobo clam chowder.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Glaude Aiken
21
A discussion of the value of hand loading. A department.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
22
A department, in which Alaska berry plants are described.
___________________________________________________
November, 1936. Volume II. No. 11.
WHITE-CHEEKED GEESEI OF ALASKA
Cover
Photo from Clarence J. Rhode.
HYDAH WOMAN IN COSTUME
Frontispiece 4
Photo from a painting by A. D. J. Pitts.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
Frontiersman versus tenderfoot.
ONE EVENTFUL HUNT
Harry F. Elliott
6
There were thrills enough in this hunt for anyone.
WHITE: WINGS ON THE SNOW
Paul E. Garrett 8
There's sport and strenuous exercise in bagging the Alaska ptarmigan.
CONGRESSIONAL CRUISE
David
Spratling 9
Where three United States Senators went and what they saw in Alaska.
ONE-EYED JACK
Jack Allman 12
A cunning criminal weaves another mystery for Dave Blaine to solve. A
fiction story.
LEGENDARY SYMBOLS OF EARLY ALASKANS
Merton H. Rapp
14
In which some of the mystifying carved images made by Alaska Indians
are described.
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 18
A department of interest to trappers and fur breeders.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
21
A continued discussion of reloading. A department.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor
Shaw 22
Mineral possibilities in the district just above the Gulf of Alaska. A
department.
THE MULLIGAN POT
H. R. Gould
23
How to make bannock and cook "tide-water ducks" deliciously. A
department.
FLORA OF AlJASKA
J. P. Anderson
25
A department, in which a description of Alaska berry plants is
continued.
___________________________________________________
December, 1936. Volume II. No. 12.
SEPPALA'S SIBERIAN MALEMUTES WITH TRAINER
Cover
Photo by Walter Hylen.
THE HUNTER AND THE BEAR
Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
The problem of equitable waterfowl regulations for Alaska.
ARCTIC ROUND-UP
Lona E. Morlander 6
A teacher describes an annual event among the Eskimos at Kivalina.
LOST MINE
Sam
Gamblin 8
Snow-clad mountains, glaciers and raging torrents are conquered in a
search for gold.
[James Lyons told author about the lost
mine at Shoup Glacier, Shoup Bay near Valdez]
ONE-EYED JACK
Jack Allman 10
Dave Blaine brings Bill Hyde to justice. The last chapter of a fiction
story.
THE EMPEROR GOOSE
Article 12
Meet a bird that makes its home in Alaska the year around.
BEAR ON THE MOUNTAINS
Walter Bellon
13
For narrow escapes, thrills, and stamina seek the Kodiak bear.
THE TRAP L1NE
C. R. Snow 17
General remarks with reg-ard to trapping and mink ranching in Alaska.
THE SLUlCE BOX
Victor
Shaw 21
Mineral possibilities in the Kenai Peninsula district. A department.
___________________________________________________
January, 1937. Volume III. No.1.
AN ALASKA LYNX
Cover
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
CAPE PRINCE OF WALES
Frontispiece 4
Photo from Frank Dufresne.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
The need for a fish laboratory and an experimental fur farm in Alaska.
HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN
E. L. Keithahn
6
Alaska is a happy hunting ground also for the curiosity hunter and
archaeologist.
GLACIER DUCK HUNT
Ray
Roady 8
A typical Alaska waterfowl hunt in the shadow of glaciers and
mountains.
THE WATER TRAIL
Jack Allman 10
The beginning of an enthralling adventure serial. Fiction.
NATURE'S PINCUSHION
Clarence J. Rhode
12
There are thirty thousand reasons why the porcupine has been able to
survive.
THE GHOST SHIP
Floris Clark McLaren 13
When an Alaska aviator is missing the search goes on and on. A fiction
short.
HORSE POWER FOR UNUK GOLD
F. W. Gabler
14
A true story of a thrilling and unusual adventure on an Alaska river.
[Unuk River Placer Gold Company, Inc.]
THE TRAP LINE
C. R. Snow 17
Some notes on wolf hunting, trapping- and bounties. A department.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken 21
This question of rifle versus revolver for hunting. A department.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
Mineral possibilities in the Susitna, Broad Pass and Talkeetna regions.
A department.
___________________________________________________
February, 1937. Volume III. No.2.
FRIEND PORCUPINE
Cover
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
THE CLAM GUNNER
Frontispiece 4
Photo by C. R. Snow.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
5
The need of Alaska for authentic publicity.
TRAILING THE KODIAK
John Q. Adams 6
The brown bear furnished the surprises; Kodiak Island, the beautiful
scenery,
THERE'S ALWAYS A BEGINNING
Edward A. Herron 8
Proving that to be a fishing enthusiast you've got to start to fish.
THE WATER TRAIL
Jack Allman 10
Lonny Givney learns Moran's whereabouts and takes up the adventurous
trail. Fiction.
ALASKA AN APPRAISAL
Ales Hrdlicka 12
A plea to make Alaska better known and better liked.
THE ELEMENTS OF CLAM GUNNERY
C. R. Snow 13
Directions for pursuing the shell game of Alaska's shores.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
19
Concerning the .348 Winchester for Alaskan brown bears.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 21
Mineral possibilities in the Fairbanks area. A department.
THE MULLIGAN POT
A department
25
Camp Cookery in the home.
___________________________________________________
March, 1937. Volume III. No.3.
CARIBOU DOWN
Cover
Photo by Lee Considine.
THE UNGAINLY CARIBOU
Frontispiece 4
Photo by Lee Considine.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
Concerning a better "break" for Alaska trappers and Alaska fur-bearers.
ALASKA YACHT HUNTING PARTY
Harold Bartlett Scott
6
A party of Easterners learn about bears, goats, deer, and the lure of
Alaska.
[On the boat Westward
hunting & fishing from
Ketchikan to Petersburg]
PIPING THE CHENA
George
Christensen 9
The story of an unusual hydraulic pipe journey to Fairbanks.
MAN OVERBOARD
Charles B. Morgan
10
A troller pulls himself from a watery grave and tells the story of his
escape.
THE WATER TRAIL
Jack Allman
12
A fight and the near loss of a canoe almost upset Givney's plans.
Fiction.
GAME PARADISE
Fred K. Ordway 14
Alaska's Flying Photographer finds thrilling subjects and exciting
photo hunting.
ARMIS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
17
A discussion of the merits of the new Model 70 Winchester rifle.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and facts about Alaska.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw
23
A discussion of mineral possibilities in the upper Kuskokwim drainage
basin.
___________________________________________________
April, 1937. Volume III. No.4.
MOUNTAIN CAMP
A scene near Juneau
Cover
Photo by Peter Del Missier.
THE LORDLY MOOSE
Frontispiece
4
Photo by Slim Crocker.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
The purpose of punishment is to deter others. A California judge
speaks.
A FULL CACHE
Leo F. Rhode 6
Two students take to' the riffles, eat waffles, and secure two bull
moose.
[Hunting moose on the Chena & Little Chena
Rivers.]
SAINT LAZARIA
Robert A. Henning 8
Memories of a day spent on an Alaska bird sanctuary.
WHAT OF TOMORROW?
Frank Dufresne 9
Lessons the past has taught in conserving Alaska's game for the future.
THE WATER TRAIL
Jack Allman 10
Lonny Givney meets a girl and together they encounter more adventures.
Fiction serial.
MY UNPRIVATE LIFE
Bill Alakangas 13
Oscar Seal relates the most thrilling adventure of his young life.
GOLD DIGGINGS OF 1937
Victor Shaw 14
Any gold left in Alaska? Here's the answer.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
18
Shooting the Model 70 Winchester as the average shooter would shoot it.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van Gilder
21
The steelhead, every inch of him, is worthy of the name, "Game Fish."
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
22
News and facts about Alaska.
THE MULLIGAN POT
A department
25
Methods of preserving meat by "jerking."
___________________________________________________
May, 1937. Volume III. No.5
KILLER WHALE
Assassin of the Deep
Cover
Photo by H. L. Wood.
A WOLF THAT WILL HOWL NO MORE
Frontispiece 4
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
A huge investment which needs greater attention.
ALASKA HOLIDAY
Brien T. King 6
A Seattle doctor looks over Alaska's scenery and its bears.
TRAPPER'S LIFE
Ivar Peterson 10
Want to he an Arctic trapper? Here's what it takes.
THE WATER TRAIL
Jack
Allman 12
The final installment of a thrilling Alaska fiction story.
THERE SHE BLOWS!
T. A. Darling
13
Want to catch a whale? Get a boat, an explosive harpoon and 750 feet of
rope.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van Gilder
18
In May it is possible to dangle lures before an increasing variety of
sport fish.
___________________________________________________
June, 1937. Volume III. No.6.
BROWNIE TAKES A LOOK, An inquisitive bear
Cover
Photo from Wesley Myers.
MISS
ALASKA
Frontispiece
4
Photos by Becker Photo Company.
MAIN TRAILS AND
BYPATHS
Editorial 5
The need for an Alaska wide organization of sportsmen.
MEL WENT
FISHIN'
Fred K.
Ordway 6
And the big one did NOT get away!
A TRIBUTE TO OLD MAN RAVEN
E. L. Keithahn
8
In which this sagacious fellow is nominated for Territorial honors.
ALASKA
HOLIDAY
Brien
T. King
10
Some more short yarns and a few tall ones about bears. Part two.
MR. POST MEETS A BEAR
Thomas B. Drayton 12
And such a meeting! It was serious then, but humorous now.
KING OF THE ICE COUNTRY
Sherwood Wirt
14
The muskox returns to Alaska.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
18
Something about the firing mechanism of the new Winchester Model 70
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier,"
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van
Gilder 22
In which it is indicated that the fly fisherman has
the edge on the bait fisherman.
FLORA OF
ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
26
The Pyrola asarifolia. A department.
___________________________________________________
July, 1937. VOLUME III. No.7
ALONG ALASKA'S MOUNTAIN-SHELTERED SEAS
Cover
Photograph by Leonid Fink, courtesy Western Engraving & Colortype
Company.
ALASKA MOUNTAIN SHEEP
A hardy animal 6
Photograph from Alaska Game Commission.
SITKAN DEER
The black-tail species
7
Photograph from Alaska Game Commission.
WHAT! NO BEAR?
George B. Petty
8
The story of the taking of a record moose by a disappointed bear
hunter.
[Moose hunting on the Kenai Peninsula.]
WAR'S END IN BERING SEA
Robert N. De Armond 11
The last shot of the Civil War was far from Gettysburg and later than
Appomattox.
INSIDE AN IGLOO
Lona E. Morlander 13
Before you enter you crawl through a tunnel-and you don't knock.
FISH A'PLENTY
Trout and salmon
14
A group of sport-fishing pictures
GAME A'PLENTY
Birds and animals 15
A page of wildlife photographs.
OUTDOOR ALASKA
A scenic wonderland 16
Mount McKinley, Mendenhall Glacier and other views.
ALASKA THE BOUNTIFUL
Will H. Chase
18
A physician, former long-time mayor of Cordova, tells of its discovery
and resources.
THE FUTURE OF FUR RANCHING
Earl N. Ohmer 20
Petersburg's leading businessman and former mayor tells of fur ranching
opportuniies.
ALASKA ANSWERS CRY FOR GOLD
Mining scenes
22
Photographs of gold nuggets and mining operations.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
28
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE TRAP LINE
A
department 39
How one Alaska fur buyer saves time by flying for furs.
___________________________________________________
August, 1937. Volume III. No.8.
SITKA, THE HISTORICAL SHRINE
An air view
Cover
Photograph from United states Geological Survey.
MAP OF ALASKA
The Sportsman's Paradise 4
Hunting regions of Alaska, illustrated and described.
HIGHWAY 0' DREAMS
The road to Palmer
6
Frontispiece- photograph by Maurice L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
What are the reasons for no greater development of Alaska's mineral
resources?
GLACIER GOLD
Anonymous 8
An unusual fact story of an unusual prospect developed by work and
perseverance.
[Prospecting under Texas Creek & Chickamin
Glacier near Hyder, Alaska.]
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
George R. O'Neill
10
Behind-the-scenes hunting episodes, one of which is unusual, to say the
least.
AGRICULTURAL PAY DIRT
A. E. Schoettler 12
There's wealth other than mineral to be had from Alaska's good earth.
THE QUEST
Ethel Kavanaugh 14
Dragging a hook and line isn't all there is to King salmon fishing.
THE STIKINE-RIVER OF BEAUTY
Leslie
Deane 16
Romance, gold, game, and fur all abound on this mighty glacial stream.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 21
A department, in which the Goodnews Bay District is discussed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
25
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson 29
Something about the Saxifrage family.
___________________________________________________
September, 1937. Volume III. No.9.
SITKAN DEER
Species of
black-tail Cover
Photo by E. Andrews.
THE HUNTER GOES FORTH
In
search of deer 6
Frontispiece- Photo by C. R. Snow.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
The new Alaska.
DOWN GOES THE WINDSOR
Joseph Lester
8
A fact story of a thrilling adventure on an Alaska fish packer.
AFLOAT AND AFOOT IN BROWNIE LAND
Howard E. Thompson 10
A record brownie-four goats, two black and three other brown bears fill
the bag.
THERE ARE ICE WORMS!
Walter
Weston 12
Strange as it seems, worms do live on glaciers in the summer time.
DEAD MAN'S DIARY
A
dramatic record 13
Ill and without food, a trapper puts up a losing but heroic battle.
[body of V. Swanson, Dry Bay between Lituya Bay
& Yakutat,
the “Wildman of Dry Bay.”]
SHEEP, BEAR, CARIBOU AND MOOSE
A. B. Learned 14
A hunter takes a record sheep head and other Alaska trophies in record
time.
[Sheep & bear hunting on the Russian River near
Seward;
George Nelson & Luke Ewell
were the guides.]
DEER OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
C. R. Snow 16
There's much "meat" in this comprehensive article on an interesting
subject.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier".
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken 21
The Winchester .219 Zipper is born.
___________________________________________________
October, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 10.
THE WHITE SENTINEL A
mountain goat
Cover
Photo from Alaska Game Commission.
BRIDAL VEIL
FALLS
Frontispiece 6
On Richardson Highway. Photo from Milotte Studio.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
This question of game preservation versus the game hog.
FISHING WITHOUT A
HOOK
E. L. Keithahn 8
Wherein a Nimrod takes the fish out of fishing and still finds it great
sport.
WHITE SENTINELS OF MOUNT REGAL
Alfonse
Nickolaus 10
In WhIch three hunters cross a glacier and other hazards to get their
quarry.
OFF FOR ALASKA!
Rose Gunn
12
The first of a series of letters of a "chechako," otherwise known as
newcomer.
DOWN GOES THE WINDSOR
Joseph Lester
14
The final installment of a thrilling adventure on an Alaska fish
packer.
ESKIMOS HUNT WHALES CEREMONIOUSLY
N. Leighton Smith
16
How they seek the bowhead whale off St. Lawrence Island.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE
BOX
Victor Shaw
21
Prospecting and mining activities and possibilties in the Lower
Kuskokwim.
THE TRAP
LINE
C. R. Snow
23
A department of particular interest to trappers.
___________________________________________________
November, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 11.
ALASKA'S BROWN' BOMBERS
Cover
Photo by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
WHITE MOUNTAINEERS OF McKINLEY PARK
Frontispiece 6
Mountain Sheep. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Territorial Assay Offices-a boon to the prospector and the Territory.
ADVENTURE IN '98
A. J.
Hutchinson. 8
Mosquitoes, mountains, underbrush and water can be as terrible as snow
and cold.
[Prospecting party in 1898 that intended to go to the Tanana via the
Susitna.
They stopped in May 1898 at the store in Tyonek where the storekeeper
was
Jim Cleghorn. Party included Rudolph Larson of Bloomsbury, Idaho &
Phillip Rosenbaum of
Muskateen, Iowa. They went up Kashwitna River heading
for the Talkeetna Mountains.]
EXPRESS TRAIN FURY
Charles B.
Morgan 10
Sometimes if a guide isn't along, it would be just too bad.
[Bear hunt in Stephens Passage between Seymour Canal & Gambier Bay,
Admiralty Island. Bear hunting guide was John Barlow.]
JURY DUTY
John Q. Adams
12
In Alaska it's possible to get goat and moose between court cases.
[goat hunting near Valdez & moose hunting on the Kenai Peninsula.]
IN KETCHIKAN
Rose Gunn
14
The second of a series of letters of a Chechako.
THE CHIEF BUILDS A HOUSE
Hal
Gould 16
The Hydahs erected interesting and attractive communal houses.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken 23
A department of interest to the gun owner.
FLORA, OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
25
A department, in which a reader describes her impressions of some
Arctic flowers.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 27
Prospecting opportunities in the Koyukuk, Kobuk and Colville regions.
___________________________________________________
December, 1937. VOLUME III. No. 12.
A TRAPPER'S CABIN
Cover
Photo by Bert's Drug Store.
OKTOKOYUK- ESKIMO SORCERER
Frontispiece
6
Photo by Otto Wm. Geist.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
The need for roads in the development of Alaska.
THE SPY IN THE IGLOO
Otto Wm. Geist 8
Age-old ceremonials clash with Christian ideas at St. Lawrence Island.
[photos of Owhwowin, oldest woman on St. Lawrence Island, &
Massion,
oldest man at Sevuckuk, St. Lawrence Island. The article is primarily
about
Gramdma Owhwowin]
THEY ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK
John Peters
10
Are Sitkan deer wise or "dumb" animals? A hunter argues both ways.
CHIGNIK TRAPPER
John Hillborn
12
A trapper fights a wolverine empty handed, and sees a bear commit
suicide.
MEN OF IRON, DOGS OF SPEED
0.
A. Braafladt 14
Dog races in the early days were supreme tests of canine and human
strength.
[About the history of dog racing in Alaska, including the All Alaska
Sweepstakes,
All Alaska Championship, Solomon Derby, Fox Ramsay, Leonhard Seppala,
Iron Man Johnson, Scotty Allan, etc.]
A DREAM COMES TRUE
Rose Gunn 16
The third and fourth of a series of letters of a Chechako.
[A job as a watchman on the fish traps of the Alaska Pacific Salmon
Corporation.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
The Seward Peninsula has immense placer gold desposits but little lode
gold.
___________________________________________________
January, 1938. Volume IV. No. 1.
DAWES GLACIER, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
Cover
Photo by U. S. Navy Aerial Survey.
THE ARTIST
Frontispiece 4
Poem by Walter Weston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
Is Alaska the "Land of Opportunity"?
WINTER IS THE TIME TO KNOW ALASKA
Churchill Fisher 6
And a good place to discover Alaska is in the charming village of Hope.
SURPRISE ATTACK
Steve McCutcheon 8
When four or five shots fail to stop a bear a shaky feeling is
excusable. [A hunt
on the esatern & western slopes of Broad Pass, Alaska.]
GYPSY HENRY GOES A-STRIPPING
Edward A.
Herron 10
But "Never again" says this masterful soul-not, at least, in the
Bessie. [Salmon
fishing near Auk Bay, Alaska.]
WARM HEARTS
Rose Gunn 12
The fifth of a series of letters of a Chechako.
TAKU GLACIER SURVEY
Lieut. Geo.
Morris, Jr. 14
Nature, through the medium of a glacier, makes a few changes-Man
records them.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
17
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
19
A department of interest to the gun owner.
THE RESCUE
A. E. Wells
21
What might have been an unexplained disappearance resulted fortunately
for "Charlie."
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
Wars and rumors of war should make the search for cinnabar advisable. A
department.
___________________________________________________
February, 1938. Volume IV. No. 2.
MOUNT CRILLON, LITUYA BAY
Cover
Photo by U. S. Aerial Survey.
THE NEW TRAIL BREAKER Photo by Leonard Delano.
Frontispiece 3
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
Good words for the Matanuska Colony, now "On Its Own."
LITUYA - THE BEWITCHER
Jay
Williams 6
There is a bewitchingbeauty about this bay that has led men to death.
[Laperouse expedition in Lituya Bay. Jim Huscroft lived on Cenotaph
Island. In
1899 Hans Nelson & wife Edith decided to winter over in Lituya Bay.
With them
was Martin Dennin who started shooting people, including Chester
Applequist.]
CAPTAIN GOOD, DENTIST
Gerald A.
Estep 8
A dentist sails his chair and his drills to Outposts of Civilization.
[Alaska Peninsula & Bering Sea.]
SNOWBOUND
John Q. Adams 10
If you gamble on the weather you're likely to get no game.
END OF THE SEASON
Rose
Gunn 12
The last of a series of Letters of a Chechako.
FOUR LONG BLASTS
Clarke Crichton,
Jr. 14
When they blow, it means someone is in trouble and the Coast Guard is
called.
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
17
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
The importance to Alaska of its platinum. A
department.
___________________________________________________
March, 1938. Volume IV. No. 3.
HERRING POUND AT JUNEAU
Cover
Photo by R. S. Bragaw and Maurice L. Sharp.
END OF THE DAY
Frontispiece 4
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 5
Do other nations know the value of Alaska better than we do ourselves?
STEAMBOAT 'ROUND THE BEND!
Lona E. Morlander 6
The big event of ;he month at Yakutat is the arrival of the steamer.
CAN WOMEN HUNT GOAT?
Ruth
Jackson 8
Yes, and get them, too, in spite of difficulties.
HARPOONED COURAGE
Ralph A. Ferrandini 10
When it comes to great strength, bravery and persistence in a losing
fight you have
to hand the honors to the whale. [Whaling at Akutan & Akun Pass.]
GOING TO SCHOOL IS POPULAR
A. E.
Schoettler 12
In Alaska-that is. Maybe it's the way school is conducted and because
of the
teachers and the school buildings.
ON A PURSE SEINER
Billy
Carlson 14
You must be prepared to meet fortune and misfortune with equal
equanimity.
[Ketchikan purse seiners including the Tyee.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken 17
A department of interest to the gun owner.
FLORA, OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
21
A department, in which a reader describes her impressions of some
Arctic flowers.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
Alaska tin mines and the possibilities for more discoveries of tin are.
A department.
___________________________________________________
April, 1938. Volume IV. No. 4
LINING UP THROUGH FIVE FINGER RAPIDS:
Cover
A Yukon River Steamer. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
ELK AND DEER AT WARD LAKE
Frontispiece
6
Photo by Schallerer's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
The future becomes "today," so why not plan for the future?
UP THE MIGHTY YUKON
Fred K. Ordway
8
The big river has many moods, has seen exciting events and holds much
of interest.
THE CAPTAIN TAKES THE WHEEL
R. G. Baltazor
10
If he hadn't, it might have meant death for five men on Cook Inlet.
STICKS AND STONES
Walter Weston 12
That's what it takes to build an interesting home if you've also
ability and imagination.
PATHWAYS TO HAPPINESS
Fred C. Woods
14
The CCC boys are building many trails, roads
and other facilities for enjoyment of the out of doors in Alaska.
THIS IS MATANUSKA!
John Q. Adams
16
What is it really like? Are the prospects good or bad? Here is a frank
discussion.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department.
19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw
25
A discussion of molybdenite ore and its occurrences in Alaska and
elsewhere.
___________________________________________________
May, 1938. Volume IV. No.5.
THE RED FOX
A wise animal Cover
Photo by Gene Fields.
KATMAI AWAKES
D. F. Howard
6
Frontispiece. A poem descriptive of an event told in "I Saw Katmai Blow
Up."
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
As a book publisher, Uncle Sam is a poor advertiser.
THE COMMONEST SNAKEFEEDER
Carsten Ahrens 8
Between showers, a scientist finds many specimens of a dragonfly in
Alaska.
BOUNTY HUNTER
Elmer Perkins
10
Wolves, seals and eagles provide profitable hunting and trapping for
this Old Timer.
[Author had a prospect near the head of Helm Bay,
Cleveland Peninsula]
THEY CAME IN MILLIONS
Hal Gould 12
And the herring remained in Klawock Harbor for months afterward.
I SAW KATMAI BLOW UP
D. F. Howard
13
The time Nature created the biggest explosion within the memory of man.
THIS IS MATANUSKA!
John Q. Adams 14
The final second installment of an authoritative article about the
Colony at Palmer.
A TROLLER'S TROUBLES
Mary L. Westlund 16
Maybe you think this business of catching fish for a living is all fun.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van Gilder
27
Do Alaska sport fishermen realize their many blessings?
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
28
A department which this month describes the Alaska plant known as
crowberry.
THE RED FOX
Gene Fields
29
A story which describes how this month's cover picture happened to be
taken.
___________________________________________________
June, 1938. VOLUME IV. Number 6.
BLACK BEAR CUB IN ICE CAVE
"Cooling Off"
Cover.
Photo by Leonard Delano.
HUNTER, GUIDE AND TROPHY
Frontispiece 6
Photo by "Casey" Moran.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Are Alaskans overlooking something with regard to advertising Alaska's
attractions?
A CALL TO THE KLONDIKE
Ida Drumm Arnett 8
Hardships, gay life and sinister death marked the trail of the
stampeders.
SO YOU WANT TO GO HUNTING
Stan Lilian 12
If you do, and are bound for Alaska, then read this article. It's sound
advice.
A TROLLER'S TROUBLES
Mary L. Westlund
14
The final second installment of a true story of one troller's salmon
fishing experiences.
HIS MAJESTY
Jay Williams
16
Is it because he seeks the crags that this monarch of the heights is so
little appreciated?
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
July, 1938. Volume IV. Number 7.
AT HOME ON THE ROCKS
Cover
Sea Lions on Sea Lion Rocks, near Seward. Photo by Ordway's Photo
Service.
LONG LEGS OF KENAI
Frontispiece
6
Photo by W. H. Jackson.
[photograph of twin moose calves]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
What should be done about the Alaska Indian?
CHILDREN OF THE SEA
C. L. Andrews 8
They are truly misfortune's children, these once harrassed and now very
rare sea otter.
THEIR SUN STILL RISES
Churchill Fisher 10
Yes, there were hardy settlers in Matanuska Valley before the Colonists
came,
and they loved the land. [photograph of the members
of the Old Timer’s
Sewing Club; mentions
Charlie Laurence who lived alone up by Fishhook
Mountain;
photo of John
Bugge farm; Phil the roadhouse keeper]
GRAND COUNTRY, BIG GAME
Rea
Allen Murdock, Jr. 12
"Grand Country"-that only partly describes the wonders of the Cassiar
as seen on a hunting trip. [Barington Transportation
Company steamer Hazel B,
Captain Hill Barington; George
Ball was outfitter]
A CALL TO THE KLONDIKE
Ida
Drumm Arnett 14
The final, second installment of a fact story of a trip to the Dawson
gold fields
during the gold rush.
I WENT PRAWNING
E. L. Keithahn
18
There are many wonders beyond the shoreline not often seen by man,
unless he goes prawning. [Shrimper “Wesley” owned by
George Sumption,
partner Neil Grant, Reliance
Shrimp Cpmpany, Wrangell]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor Shaw 23
A department in which the significance of recent developments
in the field of antimony is discussed.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
29
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
31
A department which this month discusses the cloudberry,
known to botanists as Rubus Chamaemorus.
___________________________________________________
August, 1938. Volume IV. Number 8.
NOME ESKIMO WOMAN AND CHILD
Cover
Photo by J. P. C. Skottowe from Hylen Photo Shop.
STEAMER BARANOF AT SEWARD
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Alaska as it really is. Impressions by a guest editorial writer, H.
William Asendorf.
ALASKA IS DIFFERENT
Sunny Joyce 8
The story of a trip through Southeastern Alaska, told by a stop-over
visitor.
DWELLERS IN THE HOUSE OF SLEEP
Barrett Willoughby
12
Alaska's most famous writer describes some odd Alaska memorials.
[Keet’s house of sleep (grave house)]
MILLIONS OF WILD FACES
Maxcine Williams 14
Taking "portraits" of Alaska's beautiful wild flowers is this writer's
hobby.
THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Fred Mansell
16
In which some experiences hunting the grizzly during the past 25 years
are related.
[In the Cassiar country above Hazelton heading
for the Alaska border
where they hunted]
IT'S SAFE TO GO AHEAD
Leslie Deane 20
How Alaska's great coastline is marked by aids to navigation
and guarded by men of the Lighthouse Service.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 29
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
39
A department of particular interest to the man or woman with a gun.
___________________________________________________
September, 1938. Volume IV. Number 9.
SCENE AT SITKA
Cover
Photo by Merrill studio.
AURORA BOREALIS
Frontispiece 6
Photo by M. L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Money for more roads in Alaska would result in a flow of more gold to
the States.
STAMPEDE TO GOODNEWS BAY
Kay J.
Kennedy 8
A girl with "stampede fever" flies into "No Woman's Land.."
GIANTS OF THE NEWHALEN [rainbow trout]
Ray E.
McDonald 10
You've got to have good gear, good judgment, and a strong arm to land
these rainbows!
WISE GUY
Oscar V. Wells
12
The moral of this tale is "Never try to be what you ain't."
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
A Page of Pictures
13
But before you believe that one of the pictures is of Dr. Hufman, see
page 29!
CHIGNIK [Chignik
cannery]
Gerald
A. Estep
14
Where scenery is grand, men are "imported," and fish are canned.
HERE ON THE PRIBILOFS
June Lipke 16
Seals may come and seals may go, but they always come back to these
islands.
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department
19
News and facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
October, 1938. Volume IV. Number 10.
A BIT OF "COLOR"
A prospector at
work Cover
Photo by Milotte Studio.
INDIAN GRAVE TOTEM
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Schallerers Photo Shop.
[totem poles on Pennock Island near Ketchikan, Eagle
clan]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
A reconstructed Indian village would be a big asset to Southeastern
Alaska.
WHAT'S THE WEATHER UP THERE?
Stan
Lilian 8
It's a great deal different in some parts of Alaska than some people
think it is.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
A page of pictures
11
Most of these are snow scenes, but there's a bit o' Alaska jungle, too.
DOWN THE SUSITNA FOR MOOSE
Steve
McCutcheon 12
There's a thrill fighting this big river as well as in seeing game
birds and animals.
[Charles R. Nelson, M.L. Whinnery; Susitna Station,
operator of the
trading post
A.L. Lynam guided party;
characters include 30-30 Joe,
Siwash Carlson,
Forty
Horsepower Swede, Flipjack Fanny, Airship Ike]
HOMER ON THE INLET
Churchill Fisher 14
Here's a growing community that just needs roads for great development!
THE lNDIANS WON'T TELL
L. L. Bales 16
But there's an interesting story behind each totem pole.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and Facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude
Aiken, Editor 28
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
___________________________________________________
November, 1938. Volume IV. Number 11.
A HUSKY PUP
Cover
Photo courtesy Hudson's Bay Company.
LETTERS
A new
department 3
Some correspondence concerning subjects of general interest.
CANADA GEESE
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Ordway's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Concerning the protection of the public property we own in our wildlife
resources.
LAZY JOHN WAS PROUD OF HIS
Hal Gould
8
The nicknames acquired on a frontier often are descriptive and usually
stick.
[Windy Bill Morgan; Six Shooter Grant from
Ketchikan; John Fintzen;
Gold Stick Jonnie; Tommy the Horse; Muddy Creek
Mittenburg, the
prospector;
Blueberry Jonnie, aka the Blueberry Kid; Fiddler
John;
Dimond Dick; Slap’er
Down Louie; Lazy John; Black Hand Charlie;
Timberline Gus; Rosebud Johnnie
lived off the country; Assessment Work
MacNit; Good Enough Larry; Wooden
Shoe McIntosh; Five Dollar Weiner;
Kangaroo Kelly; Flapjack Louis ate flapjacks
three times a day;
Step-and-a-half Haslan had one short leg; Two Step Louis never
danced
to anything but the two-step; Argo Bill came to St. Michael on the
steamer
Argo; Steam Shovel Pete; Brainy Smith; Speedy Stiff
caught a
thief; two-faced Jack,
aka the Double-bitted Axe; Jekel & Hyde
Swift; Hard-luck Sam; and Smiling Albert,
Deep Hole Tobin; Snow Goggle
Hood; Swiftwater Bill was afraid of the rapids;
Moosehide Charlie;
High-grade Kid; Low-grade Tim; Boozy Carew; Whiskey Pete;
Hungry Smith;
Mystery Knut; Conscientious Brown; True Story Sutfin;
Most-assuradely
Pebble; Slim Shofield; Gravity Grant. From Wiseman & the Kobuk
country: Frozen-foot Johnson; Alaska Pete;
Three-fingered Bob; One-eyed
Jack;
Club-foot Al; Rat-faced Hasting. Klondike Kate;
Virgin Annie; Yes
Bay Gus; Pike
Pole Slim; Dynamite Joe; Hook Ole; San Juan Jack
Fish
Packing Co.; Handlogger
Jackson; Deep-water Gus; Russian Bob; Lucky
Joe; and the Blue-back Kid.]
THIS KLUANE LAKE COUNTRY
M. A. Blackmore 10
It's a great place for game and fur, but not as good as it used to be.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
A page
of pictures 11
Photos by Raymond Meline.
BOY VERSUS BROWN BEAR
Lester Clay Essig,
Jr. 12
A twelve-year-old boy goes hunting with his father and is charged by a
Brownie.
[hunt for caribou north of Fairbanks toward the
Arctic Circle; then a
Tustumena Lake hunt guided by A.M. Slim Crocker,
& Ed Zittle as
cook.]
THE INDIANS WON'T TELL
L. L. Bales 14
The final, second installment of an article concerning the meaning of
totem poles.
IN DEFENSE OF THE HUSKY
Edward
Green 16
Is the husky a dangerous, savage beast of burden, or very much maligned?
[Corporal Graves, mountie station, God’s Lake,
Nortghern Manitoba.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA
J.
P. Anderson 23
A department which this month discusses the coppor bush and the
structure of flowers.
ARMS AND AMMUN1TION
Claude Aiken 24
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
___________________________________________________
December, 1938. Volume IV. Number 12.
MOOSE AT LAKE TUSTUMENA, KENAI PENINSULA
Cover
Photo by Francois Edmond-Blanc.
LETTERS
A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
MOUNT BLACKBURN AND KENNECOTT GLACIER
6
Frontispiece. Photo by H. W. Hentschel.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
It takes capital to pry loose this $36 gold, but there's much to gain.
OFF FOR KING COVE
Kenneth L. Cohen 8
The first in a series of letters of a King Cove school teacher.
[met Mr & Mrs J. Gerald Williams who taught at
Unga. Mrs Williams
was
Harriet Sey of Juneau; also
taught at Hope, Alaska. George McDonald
owns the
Cordova drug store. W.K. Leise
principal of school lead them
on tour of
Jesse Lee Home. Sailed on the
ship Starr.Jack McCord of
McCord Landing.]
ALONE
As told to Charl Finley
10
It's easy and pleasant to outwit loneliness if you have beautiful
scenery and keep busy.
[A woman who homesteaded, three miles from the
nearest neighbor,
on the Kenai Peninsula,]
OUT FROM ELDORADO
Arthur Jerome
Beecher 12
There's the thrill of excitement in this story of the early gold-rush
days!
[Partner was Tommy Conway. Came out with many pounds
of gold. Mentions
the
Blue Elephant Saloon. Charlie Moore was a gambler at
Circle City.
The previous
season the author was a trader on the Portus B.
Weare. Al
Mayo trading post at the
mouth of the Tanana.River. Arrived with the
first gold to reach San Francisco
July 7, 1897.]
GOAT HUNT AT EKLUTNA LAKE
Steve McCutcheon 14
Four hunters go off into the wilderness, meet other hunters, and get
one goat.
[In addition to the author: Red Nelson, Harvey
Carlson.]
STRANGER THAN FICTION
E. L. Keithahn 16
A teacher and his wife try to hurry out of Alaska and run into an
unusual adventure.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
January, 1939. Volume V. Number 1.
LOG CABIN IN ALASKA
Cover
Photo by Becker.
LETTERS
A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
MOUNT McKINLEY AND WONDER LAKE
Frontispiece
6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Shall the International Highway take the Hazelton route or a route to
the east?
BLACK WOLVES OF REVILLAGIGEDO
Lawrence Carson
8
To be charged by a bear, then by a killer in the form of a wolf
is one man's experience.
ATKA CALLS UMNAK
Jay
Ellis Ransom 10
While a blizzard rages, two operators in western outposts talk by radio
about skis.
[Umnak Sheep Ranch. Aredlion "Artie" Ermeloff, an
Umnak Aleut radio operator]
THERE'S FUR, TOO, AT BRISTOL BAY
Frank North 12
And there's a living to be made far to the westward by men ready to
pioneer.
[Mrs. Henry Shade at Clark's Point; Captain Pete
Wold of the motorship Fern
on the mail run; Port Moller.]
THE NORTH STAR PAYS A VISIT
Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The second in a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
MAN MEETS BEAR
E. Stoy
Reed 16
Here are some tales of what does happen when Mister Man meets Mister
Bruin.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson,
Editor 26
A department in which ferns are this month discussed.
___________________________________________________
February, 1939. Volume V. Number 2.
BOUNDARY SURVEY PARTY EN ROUTE UP MOUNT ST. ELIAS
Cover
Photo by International Boundary Commission from Thomas Riggs.
LETTERS
A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
THE SILVER HORDE
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Oscar Hutton.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
A few words in favor of retaining the bounties on wolves and eagles.
THE BAY
Joseph Lester 8
When the Silver Horde rushes into Bristol Bay it finds men there to
meet them.
STOP THAT BEAR!
Samuel
E. Hostetter 10
This hunter had to climb for goats, but a brown bear came to meet him!
HOW NOT TO TRAP
Ethel Kavanaugh 12
There's more to this trapping game than what you get from "book
learning."
KING COVE HOLIDAYS
Kenneth L. Cohen
14
The third of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY
Thomas Riggs
16
An ex-Governor of Alaska tells about a survey through unexplored
wilderness.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
THE TRAP LINE
A department 25
Stories of encounters with some wise old wolves, by Otis H. Speer.
WORLD'S LARGEST ANTLERS
Kay J.
Kennedy 28
Tom Odale, who lives in the heart of the moose country, finds the
biggest horns.
___________________________________________________
March, 1939. Volume V. Number 3.
MOTORSHIP PATTERSON ASHORE AT CAPE FAIRWEATHER
Cover
Photo by Alaska Air Transport.
TOTEM POLE AT SITKA
Frontispiece
6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Are Alaskans awake to the possibilities of promoting greater tourist
traffic?
SHIP WRECK
Stan Lilian 8
There were deeds of heroism in connection with this outstanding rescue
on a bleak shore. [Cape Fairweather; radio man
second class Roy V. Sogaard.
Partol boats Cyane and Alert; motorship Patterson
ashore 20 miles south of
Yakutat near Cape Fairweather; Captain Bune of the
Patterson]
THE SECRET OF THE PETROGLYPHS
E. L. Keithahn 10
A student of these prehistoric carvings tries to explain their
significance.
BATTLE FOR LIFE
Kenneth L. Cohen 12
The fourth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
I MARRIED AN ALASKA PHOTOGRAPHER
Laura P. Ordway
14
Fred Ordway's enthusiasm for taking pictures of Alaska's scenery
took them everywhere.
RESTORATION
C. M.
Archbold 16
Public education and enjoyment is being enriched through work on old
totem poles.
[Cape Fox village and Old Kasaan; totem erected in
1918 at Saxman in front of
Chief Kashakes' house; sun totem owned by the
Andrews, McKay, and Kian
families of Saxman & Ketchikan erected on
Pennock Island about 1900.
Linn A. Forrest, architect for Alaska National
Forest, directed the restoration]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
April, 1939. Volume V. Number 4.
SHEEP ON UMNAK ISLAND
Photo by J. Ellis
Ransom
Cover
The cross marks the site of an early-day Russian church.
ESKIMOS OF LITTLE DIOMEDE
Frontispiece 6
Photo taken by an Eskimo for J. C. P. Scottowe.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Don't come to Alaska for the purpose of trapping or "living off the
country."
SHEEP RAISING ON UMNAK
Jay Ellis Ransom 8
It takes more than an abundance of grass and a mild climate to raise
sheep.
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
Pictorial section 10
Scenic shots from here and there in the Territory.
DOWNSTREAM DANGER
Hortense Landru
12
A summer of prospecting ends in a thrilling adventure from an
unexpected source.
SPRING ARRIVES
Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The fifth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
A BEAR'S AMBUSH
E. H. Pomeroy 16
When a wounded bear turns hunter watch out!
SALMON DERBY
Laura P. Ordway
18
There are thrills and excitement a-plenty at this annual Juneau fishing
event.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ARMS AND AMMUNITION A
department. Claude
Aiken, Editor 28
Something about binoculars, barrel twist, & the Winchester Model 52.
ALASKA ODDITES
C. K. Weil 30
A new cartoon feature presenting odd and interesting facts.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P.
Anderson, Editor 32
A department, in which Arctic flora is discussed.
___________________________________________________
May, 1939. Volume V. Number 5.
A LOGGER AT WORK
Photo by Becker
Cover
A beaver on a construction project.
JUNEAU GOLD MINE
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
George W. Folta 7
A guest writer discusses conditions affecting Alaska wildlife
preservation.
MUSEUM EXPEDITION
Harold Benjamin Clark 8
An American Museum of Natural History party has some thrilling
experiences.
TWENTY BEAVERS
Steve McCutcheon
10
Two trappers get "their limit" and meet an exciting adventure
homewardbound.
SIDE TRIP WITH A MAGNUM
Robert J. Tobin 12
Salmon, deer, goats & brown bears, but not black bears,
provide interesting diversion.
GROUNDED AT SLATE CREEK
Wm. T. Ackerman
14
An airplane keeps this pilot up in the air even when it's on the
ground.
READJUSTMENT
Kenneth L. Cohen
16
The sixth of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
ARCTIC REINDEER CAMP
Lona E. Morlander
18
Eskimos are busy when it's fawning time in the reindeer herds.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature presenting odd and interesting facts about Alaska.
___________________________________________________
June, 1939. Volume VI. Number 6.
THREE BLACK BEARS
Photo by Becker
Cover
Just cubs.
LETTERS
A department 3
Correspondence of general interest.
GLACIER MINE
Frontispiece
6
Photo by R. Gerwels. [Solo Mine near Hyder.]
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Shall we let large areas of Alaska's wildlife habitat go up in smoke?
A GUIDE'S STORY
Pat Hollywood 8
Alaska guides know hard work, but there are many compensating factors.
[Hunting party on the yacht Westward at Juneau. C.
P. Bently of Owosso; Captain
Charles H. Thompson of Miami; Allen Hasselborg the
other guide; Gambier Bay,
Admiralty Island, & Windfall Harbor.]
TELLER FREEZE-UP
D. L.
Sancrant 12
Men must hurry when the ice "starts coming up from China" as it were.
[1921 expedition on the motorship Sierra to the
"dog-hole" ports of Norton Sound;
Port Clarence; Teller; first mate was Al
Hansen]
OUTDOORS AT OHOGAMUTE
Inez E. Moore 14
On the last frontier, many women do not believe that woman's place is
in the cabin.
[author was wife of trading post owner and radio
operator.]
EARTHQUAKES AND WINDSTORMS
Kenneth L.
Cohen 16
At remote King Cove, Nature puts on a show or two and a bear comes
a-visiting.
[visit by Allan Peterson, US Marshall from Unga; Tom
Dobson's store; Andy
Hotovitcky; Axel Samuelson.]
ANCHORAGE FUR AUCTION
Joseph Lester
18
Fresh from the hills come furs and trappers to this exciting and
promising rendezvous.
[Fur Rendezvous. Fur Rondy. Mink rancher Bert Olson;
Fox farmer Archie McLane;
Tom Bevers; Ellen Kinne; Lillian Gabriel; Mills;
Romig; Bragaw; Bennett sisters;
Ardethnlaska of the Bennett Fur Farm; Clyde Ellis,
manager of the Rondy;
Roy Holm of Woodley Airways; Don Rogers; Miller
Leonard; Mary Margaret
Abercrombie was queen of the Rondy.]
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ON A SUMMER'S DAY
Maxcine Williams 22
A glorious day promotes some buffoonery on the part of a flock of
guillemots.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson
29
A department, in which Alaska's Territorial Flower is discussed.
FORESTS AND TRAILS
Wellman Holbrook
30
A department, in which opportunities for "cashing in"
on some products of the forests are discussed.
___________________________________________________
July, 1939. Volume VI. Number 7.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA CANNERY
Cover
Photo of salmon cannery at Steamboat Bay, Noyes Island,
from U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.
A PORT LANDING
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
How much of Alaska's wildlife should be sacrificed for a larger
population?
BLUE GOLD OF THE ALEUTIANS
George L. De Venne 8
Storms, shipwrecks, hardships and interesting adventure
are found on these islands.
WOMAN UNAFRAID
Lois Hudson Allen 10
The Chatelaine of Lawing Roadhouse is more aggressive
and resourceful than many men.
CANNERY MEN NORTH
Bob Schiller
12
When spring is in the air, thousands of men head for Alaska to can
salmon.
WHERE'S THE MAIL BOAT?
Kenneth L. Cohen 14
The last of a series of Letters of a King Cove School Teacher.
HARD TO KILL
Charles
R. Nelson 16
A story which again proves that you can't tell what a brown bear will
do.
I TOOK MY BRIDE TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Jay Ellis Ransom
18
City-born and city-reared, she found frontier life primitive, but not
lonely.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
August, 1939. Volume V. Number 8.
AN ALASKA OUTDOOR WINTER SPORT
Cover
Photo by Maurice L. Sharp.
BRIEF ALASKA DRAMAS
A department 6
Out to Sea on an Ice Cake. A true story by Willa A. Folger. [village of
Golovin and
Grandma Kogo Harding, oldest Eskimo woman in
Golovin, is focus of article.]
SAILING MOUNTAIN-SHELTERED SEAS
Frontispiece 8
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
Alaska brains and Alaska money are working hard to develop "The Last
Frontier."
GOLD RUSH BAD TOWN
Anne Woods 10
Dangerous. and dishonest men mingled with the true and brave at this
gateway
to the gold fields. [Skagway & Captain William
Moore; Frank H. Reid; Soapy Smith]
PIONEERS OF COPPER RIVER
Louise Whittaker 14
Those who did not find the gold they sought often found happiness on a
homestead.
[Johnny Walker (Dexter Wilson Walker of Horicon
Wisconsin who came to
Alaska in 1894); photo of Alaganic; Old Russian
trading post.]
WE SETTLED DISPUTES WITH FISTS
John B. Wallace 16
It often was a case of give and take in the Nome of 1905. [Japanese
Mary;
B. B. Dobbs.]
FAMILY LIFE ON THE MIST ISLANDS
A. E. Friborg
18
It is not monotonous for the two million polygamists of the Pribilofs
--except for the bachelors.
NO WONDER THEY CALLED IT AN ICE BOX
Early-day pictures 20
People who sought information about Alaska seventy years ago
found it in drawings like these.
SLED DOGS TO APPLE BLOSSOMS
Present-day photos 26
It's according to where you are what you'll see in this big Territory.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 29
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA
C. K. Weil
43
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
September, 1939. Volume V. Number 9.
PHOTOGRAPHING MOOSE AT LAKE TALSULITNA
Cover
Photo of Arthur S. Crites and two young bull moose, taken by John
Utterstrom.
BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Highton for Works Progress Administration.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
The man who dissipates our wildlife inheritance
cannot possibly realize the gravity of his offenses.
THRILLS, TROUBLES AND TROPHIES
John Utterstrom 8
Bear, sheep and trout are bagged on a trip to the Sportsman's Paradise.
[Hunting with Arthur S. Crites of Bakersfield, Ca;
John D. Nelson of the Alaska
Steamship advised them where to hunt; Wildlife agent
Jack O'Connor; Dick Tousley
as senior guide; hunted Lake Talsulitna; transported
by Arthur Woodley of
Woodley Airways; Bill Markley was cook.]
CONFESSIONS OF A FISH PIRATE
As told to Joseph
Lester 10
For six weeks during the salmon fishing season in Alaska,
a daring type of "fish rustling" is carried on.
A YEAR AT FIVE FINGER
Paul Mestrezat 12
A man comes up out of a "hole in the ground" to live on an island and
finds it enjoyable.
[Lighthouse tender Cedar at Auk Bay delivered them
to Five Finger Light.
Akusha Island; Fanshaw post office; Port Houghton]
I LIVE OFF THE COUNTRY
Floyd Knickerbocker 14
It's not very easy, even after you know how, but the outdoors has many
compensations.
[Trapper from Michigan went over the Chishana Trail
with gold seekers.]
THE DOGS STARTED BARKING
Andrew
Conrad 16
This is a rare story of the Arctic, a whale, a man and an Eskimo boy.
[Golovin Bay.]
CLEAR THE LAND AND CROPS WILL GROW!
Walter Weston 18
If you would learn facts about agriculture in Alaska, this is the thing
to read!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
October, 1939. Volume V. Number 10.
A CABIN ON THE TRAP LINE
Cover
Photo by Ed Ueeck of one of his cabins near Palmer.
See story, "I'll Get Old Club-Foot yet!"
AUTUMN ON THE KNIK RIVER
Frontispiece
6
Photo by Maurice L. Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
What's the matter with Alaska?
I'LL GET OLD CLUB-FOOT YET!
Ed Ueeck
8
A wolf caught this trapper napping once, but "never again!"
CLEAR THE LAND AND CROPS WILL GROW!
Walter Weston
10
The second of a series of two articles on agricultural possibilities in
Alaska.
BLACK BEARS OF THE NAHA
Alda Orton
12
Bruin usually goes about his daily tasks serenely, but he can be
pugnacious.
CONFESSIONS OF A FISH PIRATE
As told to
Joseph Lester 14
The second and third episodes of a series of exciting tales
of the salmon fisheries.
NOME WAS LIKE THAT
John B. Wallace 16
Another fascinating story of Nome in the early days, told by a pioneer.
SOME WOLVES GET AWAY
Lawrence Carson
18
Proving again that the trapper who gets them is the one
who doesn't give up the trail.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
November, 1939. Volume V. Number 11.
NINE RAMS AND A LAMB
Cover
Photo by Manley Sweazey. Mountain sheep in Mount McKinley Park.
A MAN-MADE CANYON
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
Population versus economical transportation.
VOLUNTARY EXILE
Kay Barker
8
New York society girl deserts the bright lights for a desolate Alaska
fox island.
THE MEN IN THE WANIGAN
F. P. Super 10
They're bound together by a spirit of comradeship these, men who
"range the field and rove the flood."
BUSH MADNESS
S. A.
Camp 12
You're in a tough spot when your only companions are crazy men.
WHEN THE AURORA HITS THE EARTH
Arthur Jerome Beecher 14
Few men have had the tremendous thrill of walking right into the
Northern Lights.
THREE STRIKES WAS OUT!
John B.
Wallace 16
When the whole baseball diamond washed out, the Nome games were called
off.
ARCTIC TRAPPER
Frank North
18
Blizzards, darkness, cold, and unusual food
are some of the features of trapping at Point
Barrow.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
___________________________________________________
December, 1939. Volume V. Number 12.
WHEN AN ESKIMO SMILES
Cover
Photo by George A. Dale.
ON THE LAST FRONTIER
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
Too Many Settlers?
SOURDOUGH GOVERNOR
Lois H. Allen
8
John W. Troy, now retiring from the Governorship, came to Alaska during
the Gold Rush.
SHELDON SIMMONS, ALASKA PILOT
Sherwood Wirt 10
Juneau's "Irish Angel" has flown on many a dangerous mission of mercy.
FISHIN' FOR FUN
Laura P. Ordway 12
There are scientific anglers, there are anglers who fish for a living,
and anglers who fish just for fun.
ESKIMO CHRISTMAS
E. L.
Keithahn 14
Santa Claus does live in the Far North, he uses reindeer,
and-believe it or not- he is an Eskimo!
THE PEOPLE OF NOME WERE SCANDALIZED
John B. Wallace 16
Nome had a problem very similar to many another early-day Alaska
community.
IN THE TALLEST TREES
Manley Sweazey 18
If you go collecting eagles for a zoo, you've got to expect to climb
high.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 23
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K.
Weil 24
A cartoon feature.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken 31
A department of interest to the man or woman with a gun.
THE SLUICE BOX
Victor
Shaw 32
A department relating information concerning mining in Alaska.
___________________________________________________
January, 1940. Volume VI. Number 1.
THE JOSEPH PULITZER AGROUND AT CHIGNIK
Cover
Photo from the Portland Oregonian.
LETTERS
A
department 3
A reader discusses conservation,
TRAIL LAKE ON KENAI PENINSULA
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Maurice Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
Reasons for greeting 1940 with optimism.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY
Kathryn Bradford 8
When Alaska "goes tropical" to the extent of rain 'most every day, it
just doesn't seem right.
[Built a gold mining camp near Ketchikan, on the
southeastern slope of Gold Mountain,
400 feet above sea level, above Smuggler's Cove on
Cleveland Peninsula.]
SKELETON ON THE SHORE
Gerald
A. Estep 10
On the Chignik shore, the wreck of the Pulitzer gathers legend and
mystery.
[In 1917 the 69 ton schooner was purchased by Dr.
Andrew C. Smith of Portland,
Captain James Narro in command. Taking over from the
steamer Dora, she delivered
mail for 3 years between Seward & Bristol Bay.
Dec 18, 1920 grounded at Chignik.
Captain L. H. H. Jennings, one of her last
masters. Last trip was from Seward
to Unga, John Rasmusson as master.]
WOLVES, EAGLES AND SEALS
William Putvin
12
The wolves are tough, the eagles fly high and the seals make poor
targets.
[Author was a bounty hunter, primarily hunting in
Behm Canal.]
THE CLIFF DWELLERS
Manley E.
Sweazey 14
The kittiwake likes to make its nest in caves and on protected,
inaccessible cliffs.
[Hunting companion was Captain James Dolan. They
were in Prince William Sound
where Jim Dolan had lived since boyhood. Went
to Blackstone Bay in the boat
"Luck O' the Irish"
out of Port Wells.]
NORTH TO THE KOYUKUK
Robert Claus 16
The first of two installments of an article about the experiences
of two young men with a "wanderlust" that took them
to "Arctic Village."
Author was with his brother Gerry Claus. Lewis
Carpenter, pilot, flew them to
Wiseman, Alaska. Mentions Bill English's store and
Martin Slisco roadhouse; pilot
Herm Joslyn delivers eggs & bacon. Stayed at Ed
Marsen's cabin. Herm Lerdahl
pilot of a Wien Cessna.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil
21
A cartoon feature.
THE TRAP LINE
A department
26
In which Rolland Osborne gives some pointers on trapping coyotes in
Alaska.
FLORA OF ALASKA
J. P. Anderson, Editor 29
A department in which the "gold thread" is described.
___________________________________________________
February, 1940. Volume VI. Number 2.
OUTDOORSMAN AT WISEMAN
Cover
Photo from Gustav Larson.
THE BELATED HARVEST
Frontispiece 6
Photo taken in the Matanuska Valley by Hewitt's Photo Shop.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
Matanuska Colonists have many problems,
but overcoming early snowstorms is not a serious one.
FISH-TRAP WATCHMEN
Dick Carbray and Henry
Kastner. 8
The job of being caretaker of a fish-trap is short, but sweet.
OUR ISLAND HOME
Helen F. Ebing 10
A life-long dream of living on an island at Sitka comes true. [Long
Island, Sitka]
CHICKAMIN GOAT HUNT
Harry Howroyd 12
When you have perfect companionship
and take your game with both camera and gun, that's
fun!
NORTH TO THE KOYUKUK
Robert Claus 14
The second of two installments of an article describing a trip to
"Arctic Village."
TWELVE BROWN BEAR MEN
Kay J. Kennedy
16
They have a big job, these wardens of game and fur on an area one-fifth
the size of
the United States! [Alaska game wardens (wildlife
agents): Sam O. White, Fairbanks;
Jack O'Connor, Anchorage; C. M. Carson, Dillingham;
Grenold Collins, Seward;
Jack Benson, McGrath; Harold Gallwas, Marshall;
Peter McMullen, Fort Yukon;
Clarence Rhode, Cordova; Hosea Sarber, Petersburg;
Gareld Banta, Ketchikan;
Frank Glaser, predator control; Homer Jewell,
Headquarters.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil
28
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
March, 1940. Volume VI. Number 3.
NOME ESKIMOS CLEANING TOM COD
Cover
Photo by Dobbs from John B. Wallace.
DOUGLAS SKI TRAILS
Frontispiece 6
Photo by T. M. Davis taken near Gastineau Channel.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
Wanted: Men of action, men of vision to develop Alaska.
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Jay Ellis Ransom
8
The first of a series of three chapters of a fact story, "I Found a
Home in Alaska."
[west coast of Prince of
Wales Island & Waterfall Cannery]
ARCTIC SEA BATTLE
D. L. Sancrant 10
The story of the fight between brave seamen and the elements
and the sinking of a brave little vessel, the
Gasboat Defiance.
[Chief boatswain's mate Thomas Ross of the coast
guard. Bringing supplies to the
village of Candle after a bad fire. Captain Edward
G. Baker of the ship
Arthur J. Baldwin.
Walter Dowd was U.S. Signal Corps radio operator in Kotzebue.]
HE GRAPPLED WITH A BEAR
Conrad Puhr 12
The type of true story that is stranger than fiction!
[Bear hunt at Funter Bay on Admiralty Island.
Mentioned are Stanley Beck & Rade
Peckovich]
FISH-TRAP PATROL
Stan
Lilian 14
Chasing pirates is a regular summer occupation for a number of boats
and men in Alaska waters each year. [Contract held
by skipper of the Kadin.
Patrol between traps at Kassa Point & Shipwreck
Point, east shore of Cordova Bay,
west coast of Prince of Wales Island.]
MINK RANCHER
Lois Hudson Allen 16
Raising mink skins is hard work, but it has its compensations. [The
mink ranch of
Russell Williams of Moose Pass area.]
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C.
K. Weil 24
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
April, 1940. Volume VI. Number 4.
TROUT FISHING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
Cover
Photo by A. E. Friborg.
FROST-BOUND
Frontispiece 6
Photo by Maurice Sharp.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial
7
Fur trapping versus fur ranching in Alaska.
COME AND GET 'EM!
Joseph Lester
8
There's a lot of good trout fishing "going to waste" on Iliamna Lake.
RETURN OF THE RAVEN
E. L. Keithahn
10
In the lore of the Indian, the raven usually returned with the sun,
moon or stars,
but now his image has come back to Alaska with a
rotted interior.
THE GATES SWING OPEN
Jay Ellis Ransom 12
The second of a series of three chapters of "I Found a Home in Alaska."
KLUKWAN, HOME OF THE CHILKATS
Harriet E.
Williamson 14
The past meets the present at this historic old Indian village near
Haines.
IN ALASKA, OF ALL PLACES!
Don Holm 16
You'd expect dog-team races and skiing, but not football, baseball and
tennis!
KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department. 19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K.
Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
CHECHAKO FISHERMEN
Lee Crawford
26
Proving that fishing in the rain can be great sport even if you get
only Dolly Vardens.
ROD AND REEL DEPARTMENT
J. F. Van Gilder
28
Some pointers about sport fishing in Southeastern Alaska.
___________________________________________________
May, 1940. Volume VI. Number 5.
PACK TRAIN IN THE WHITE RIVER COUNTRY
Cover
Photo by J. Watson Webb, Jr.
SALMON TROLLER.
Frontispiece 8
Photo by Joseph Lester.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
Let's celebrate the discovery of Alaska.
GIRL ON A HALIBUT BOAT
Betty Annette Lowman 10
The first of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
I WAS SORT OF SCARED
A. G. Nicodet
12
You begin to wonder how things are going to turn out
when you unexpectedly meet a bear in the woods.
PROSPECTING TRIP ON A VIKING SHIP
T. L. Coates
14
They called her the "Flying Goose" because she rode the waters lightly.
[A boat built on
Skilak lake by a Scandinavian trapper is taken up
the Lewis River to look for gold]
HOME, AT LAST
Jay Ellis Ransom 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "I Found a Home in Alaska."
WHEN ANIMALS WERE PEOPLE.
E. L.
Keithahn 18
The art of the Indians of the Northwest Coast is both interesting and
original.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES.
C. K.
Weil 27
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
June, 1940. Volume VI. Number 6.
CREVASSES AND SERACS
Cover
Scene on Mendenhall Glacier. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
EROSION
Frontispiece 8
Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
Development of Alaska via International Highway.
WE TRIED TO SOLVE AN ARCTIC MYSTERY
Homer Flint Kellems 10
And now they think they know what happened to the lost Soviet aviators.
PICKING 'EM OUT
Nicholas Biddle
12
When you want a record-breaking moose trophy, don't shoot the first set
of antlers you see.
RIVERS OF ICE TO GARDENS OF FLOWERS
Laura P. Ordway 14
The sight of glaciers will "take our breath away" many times in Alaska.
WE'RE "ON THE FISH"
Betty
Annette Lowman 16
The second of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
THERE HAD BEEN EVIL OMENS
George L. Devenny 18
A fact story of the last voyage of the Schooner Iskum.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
July, 1940. Volume VI. Number 7.
FROM THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS
Cover
Salmon en route upstream to spawn. Photo by Ordway's Photo Service.
THE BENDING ROD
Frontispiece
8
Photo taken at Willow Creek by Becker.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
One of Alaska's greatest resources tries to break its bonds.
DREAM-BUILT EMPIRE
Merrill K. Riddick
10
He had Broadway brains, but no capital and tried to lick the depression
in Alaska.
AN INDIAN TOLD ME WHERE
Stan Lilian
12
He found the path of least resistance paved with stumbling blocks.
[Karta River near Kasaan]
CRUISE OF THE LITTLE SNARK
James Dyer 14
An adventuresome way to go to Alaska is in a little, eighteen-foot
sloop.
HOME WITH A FULL LOAD
Betty Annette Lowman 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "I Went Halibut Fishing."
WILDERNESS OPPORTUNITIES
Frank North 18
What has Alaska to offer the man who answers
the call to make a home on "The Last Frontier"?
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
20
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
August, 1940. Volume VI. Number 8.
LEARNING TO CLIMB
Cover
Black bear mother and cubs. Photo by Hylen Photo Shop.
LYNN CANAL
Frontispiece
8
Photo of Lynn Canal between Juneau and Skagway by Ordway's Photo
Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
It is now up to the individual sport-fisherman to determine
whether the abundant supply of trout in Alaska is
perpetuated.
TRIP TO ALASKA
Elizabeth Kaar
Gilfoyl 10
There's variety, novelty and unexcelled scenery on a voyage along the
"Inside Passage."
GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
Photographs 14
Scenes from here and there on "The Last Frontier."
ALASKANS ALL
Photographs 16
Residents of the great wilderness country.
WHAT'S IN ALASKA'S NAMES?
Stan Lilian 18
The origin of and reasons for the variety of foreign-language names on
Alaska's coast.
LADY LUCK WAS ONE OF HIS WOMEN
M. Dean Williams 20
Swiftwater Bill Gates "had a way" with many women.
Here is the remarkable story of his life in Alaska.
WHALE HORSES ARE TOUGH HOMBRES
Grenold Collins 22
Hunting walrus is exciting sport, but skinning the brutes is tiring.
SEALS, SALMON AND SITKA
Photographs
24
Further evidence, in pictures, of the many items of scenic interest
found in Alaska.
GOLD-RUSH MOTHER
Bud Branham 26
The story of "Ma" Pullen, pioneer resident of Skagway.
THEY ROAM THE WILDERNESS
Photographs
28
Deer, caribou, moose, bears, sheep, goats and musk ox are here
portrayed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
31
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 48
A cartoon feature.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Claude Aiken
50
A department in which the Garand rifle is discussed.
___________________________________________________
September, 1940. Volume VI. Number 9.
ESKIMO LASS
Cover
Photo by E. L. Keithahn.
ARCTIC SUMMER.
Frontispiece 3
Photo by Hylen Photo Shop with poem by Walter Weston.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
Mineral wealth versus agricultural riches.
CHEECHAKO IN THE WILDERNESS
Helen Berg
10
A tenderfoot's experiences. The first of a series of three chapters of
"My Wild Island Home."
WILD GEESE OF THE NAHA
Alda
Orton 12
Southeastern Alaska's native wild geese have individuality and a
language all their own.
HE TAKES 'EM FOR A RIDE
Lois Hudson Allen 14
With rare ingenuity and humor, Martin Itjen keeps alive the spirit of
'98.
KATMAI'S BLACK-OUT
Hildred D. Erskine
16
When one of Nature's bad boys doffs his cap watch out humanity!
SIGNALS FOR BROWN BEAR
Robert A. Rose 13
If your bear wanders all over the mountain use a system of remote
control!
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 25
A cartoon feature.
The Sluice Box
A
department 33
News of mines and mining in the "Land of Gold."
___________________________________________________
October, 1940. Volume VI. Number 10.
SLED-DOGS RESTING AT NOON-DAY
Cover
Photo by Richard Landry.
SALMON - FISHING TIME
Frontispiece
8
Photo by Alaska Game Commission.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
The International Highway a military necessity? [Alcan Highway]
ADVENTUROUS LIFE
Harold Snyder
10
Often, when bounty-hunting, you "make a killing" when you least expect
to.
[Hunting seals, and bald eagles for bounty, White
River & Leask Cove]
GOLD FROM UNDER THE SEA
Edna M. Tucker 12
The problem of how to get the gold laying under the water,
near the old gold-laden beaches is being solved at
Bluff.
THE MARSHAL AT UNGA
Allan
Peterson 14
The country may be wild, and some of the men may act tough,
but there are no two-gun men in Southwestern Alaska.
WRECKED AT DAWN
Helen Berg
16
The second of three chapters of "My Wild Island Home." [Gravina Island,
Duke Island, Percy Islands]
I WAS THEIR TALISMAN
Frank North
18
When the whales run past Point Barrow, everyone turns out to help
in hunting and cutting up the monsters.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 27
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
November, 1940. Volume VI. Number 11.
"JUMBO," an Alaska dog
Cover
Photo by Gordon A. Burns.
CITY ON A TERMINAL MORAINE
Frontispiece 8
Photo of Valdez by Asahel Curtis.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
A beginning has been made in providing defenses for Alaska. [Army &
Navy air bases
at Fairbanks, Anchorage, Sitka, Kodiak, &
Ketchikan]
GOLDEN EGGS
Luther
W. Guiteau 10
The first of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail," a story
of the Gold-rush days.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT AT YAKUTAT
"One Shot" George
O'Neill 12
There's game, there's fish, there's hospitality and there are wolves
that get caught in flashlight pictures.
I DID THE COOKING
C. W. Krause 14
Life on a cannery tender can be exciting even for the cook!
WE SOMETIMES HAVE VISITORS
Helen
Berg 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "My Wild Island Home."
THE LARGEST BEAR, THE BIGGEST MOOSE
James L.
Clark 18
In addition to the biggest trophies, Alaska has an excellent climate,
marvelous scenery,
and no pests.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
The Sluice Box
A department 34
News of mines and mining in the "Land of Gold."
___________________________________________________
December, 1940. Number 12 . Volume VI.
HUNTER IN RAINY PASS
Cover
A Kodachrome photograph by John Utterstrom.
LOVERS LANE, SITKA
Frontispiece 8
Photo by Richard A. Ramme.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
A problem which needs scientific rather than political attention.
[Alaska fisheries management]
HISTORICAL SITKA STEPS OUT
Richard A. Ramme
10
An old Russian town of beauty and charm forges ahead as the Navy builds
an air base.
A TAKU IS BLOWING
L. F. Barr 12
When a steady north wind jumps off the mountains and delivers
eighty-mile-an-hour punches,
boat captains become uneasy. [Juneau Taku winds]
WHITE GOLD IS HEAVIEST
Charles J. Johnston 14
Neither platinum nor gold is of any value in the ground -- a claim must
be developed,
and sometimes that takes money and initiative.
[Goodnews Bay Mining Company]
DOWN THE KLUTINA
Luther W. Guiteau 16
The second of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail."
I SPENT CHRISTMAS AT ANVIK
Harry Charles
Stockman 18
Every ten years, men must be counted, even though it means a gruelling
dog-team trip
to far-flung outposts on the frozen Yukon.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 30
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
January, 1941. Volume VII. Number 1.
SNAG RIVER, NUTZOTIN MOUNTAINS
Cover
A Kodachrome photograph by John S. Crites.
GOD CREATES-MAN CONSTRUCTS
Frontispiece 8
Photo of the North Peak of Mount McKinley from Rangers' Cabin.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
This fascination of Alaska-what are the reasons behind it?
WOLVES ARE QUEER DEVILS
Bob
Lane 10
The life of a trapper seeking wolves is not TOO monotonous!
WHITE SHEEP AND GRIZZLY BEAR
A. V. Denman
12
A Minnesota Doctor seeks relaxation and finds tough hiking and plenty
of game.
A CROSS ON THE YUKON
Inez E.
Moore 14
Eskimo girls and boys learn useful things in a Mission established on
the lower Yukon
over fifty years ago by two Jesuit Priests.
A PLAGUE OF SCURVY
Luther
W. Guiteau 16
The last of a series of three chapters of "The Valdez Trail."
THE GREEN SLOPES OF HOMER
Alice
Mayfield 18
A true story of the struggle of a pioneer couple to farm the Homer
country,
as told to Churchill Fisher. The name Alice Mayfield
is assumed.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 31
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
February, 1941. Volume VII. Number 2.
HUNTERS' PARADISE
Cover
Kodachrome photograph courtesy Arthur S. Crites and John Utterstrom.
THE SCULPTOR'S GRAVING TOOL
Frontispiece 8
Photo of a portion of Mendenhall Glacier by Ordway's Photo Service.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 9
Is Alaska overlooking the possibilities of its scenic attractions?
GOLD FEVER
Peter Dow 10
The first of a series of five chapters of "The Arctic Trail."
CHIRIKOF FIRST SAW LAND
E. L. Keithahn 12
An account of the discovery of Alaska two hundred years ago.
THE WRECK OF THE UMNAK NATIVE
Jay
Ellis Ransom 14
Simple, but forceful is Afinigan Ermeloff's account of a tragic saga of
the Aleutians.
WE SOLD OUR FISH AT TENAKEE
Richard A. Ramme 16
The salmon almost went back into the sea on this trip of the
fish-buying boat Vega.
WE SAW SEVENTY-TWO BEARS
J. Preston Levis 18
Thirty-four black bears and thirty-eight Brownies was the count on this
hunting trip aboard a yacht.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A
department 21
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 31
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
July, 1941. Volume VII. Number 7.
BREAK OF DAY AT RUDYERD BAY
Cover
Photo of scene in Behm Canal, Southeastern Alaska, by Otto C.
Schallerer.
REFLECTIONS
Frontispiece
6
Photo of Mount McGinnis reflected in Auk Lake, by Maxcine Williams.
MAIN TRAILS AND BYPATHS
Editorial 7
A danger is seen and a warning is given.
LIFE BEGINS AT SIXTY
Robert E. McCully
8
It's never too late to start life anew in Alaska if you're industrious,
thrifty and ingenious.
DOWN THERE IS THE YUKON RIVER
Jay Ellis Ransom
12
A story of some of the experiences of Herman Lerdahl, Alaska pilot.
KODIAK GROWS UP
Harriet E.
Williamson 14
An old Russian town comes to life under the impetus of the National
Defense Program.
DROP A HOOK IN THE WATER
Walter Weston 16
No matter where you drop it, you're certain to catch a fish in Alaska.
FROM KETCHIKAN TO BARROW
A department
19
News and other facts about "The Last Frontier."
ALASKA ODDITIES
C. K. Weil 23
A cartoon feature.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Keywords: Alaska Sportsmen Magazine
