Alaska and the Panama canal . ors and miners. Thereis no possible actual use for any soldiers, as the Alaskan Indian ALASKA 8i is as harmless as a dog and never did make any trouble for chief business of the inhabitants of Tanana seemed to bethat of running saloons and supplying booze to the UnitedStates soldiers. One of the tributaries of the Yukon River is the TananaRiver. Fairbanks, the most important town in Alaska exceptJuneau, the capital, is at the head of navigation for largeboats on the Tanana River. It took us over two days to go350 miles upstream, owing to the many sandbars.
Alaska and the Panama canal . ors and miners. Thereis no possible actual use for any soldiers, as the Alaskan Indian ALASKA 8i is as harmless as a dog and never did make any trouble for chief business of the inhabitants of Tanana seemed to bethat of running saloons and supplying booze to the UnitedStates soldiers. One of the tributaries of the Yukon River is the TananaRiver. Fairbanks, the most important town in Alaska exceptJuneau, the capital, is at the head of navigation for largeboats on the Tanana River. It took us over two days to go350 miles upstream, owing to the many sandbars. Fairbanksis the center of a placer-mining district and in the past hasbeen quite prosperous. At present it has about 2,500 popula-tion, having had at one time about 5,000. Several rich quartzproperties have been discovered in the region, though theextent of the ledges so far is unknown, but the prospects forFairbanks being a permanent town are undoubtedly good. Inorder to supply transportation to this town all the year around. THE WATERFRONT AT FAIRliAiXKS. 82 ALASKA
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