Rough Road to the North: Travels Along the Alaska HighwayStory of the construction of the highway interwoven with historical notes and description of the highway. |
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Page 72
... tourists ' prospects are slim . " The next year they warned that " tourists may travel hun- dreds of miles before reaching habitation . . . Alaskan mos- quitoes rank with the most vicious in the world . " And in 1946 they advised that ...
... tourists ' prospects are slim . " The next year they warned that " tourists may travel hun- dreds of miles before reaching habitation . . . Alaskan mos- quitoes rank with the most vicious in the world . " And in 1946 they advised that ...
Page 74
... tourist cars moving through the dust bound for Fairbanks and coming back . There is still that lure of the unknown . Tourists write " Alaska or Bust " in the mud on their vehicles and many when they get to Fairbanks change that to ...
... tourist cars moving through the dust bound for Fairbanks and coming back . There is still that lure of the unknown . Tourists write " Alaska or Bust " in the mud on their vehicles and many when they get to Fairbanks change that to ...
Page 103
... tourists snapping pictures of them . Thousands of postcards . Thousands of snapshots . A photo in every book on the ... tourist , there had to be an original sign . There is . And it wasn't easy to determine . One day Carl K. Lindley of ...
... tourists snapping pictures of them . Thousands of postcards . Thousands of snapshots . A photo in every book on the ... tourist , there had to be an original sign . There is . And it wasn't easy to determine . One day Carl K. Lindley of ...
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Rough Road to the North: A Vagabond on the Great Northern Highway Jim Christy No preview available - 2019 |
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