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• Title:Alaska, our beautiful northland of opportunity ... / by Agnes Rush Burr.
  
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• Author/Creator:Burr, Agnes Rush.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Page Co., 1919.
  

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  • Call Number: F5904 .B96 1919
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: F5904 .B96 1919
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Alaska.
  
• Description:xii, 428 pages, [54] leaves of plates : folded map, illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  
• Series:"See America first" series.
  
• Additional formats:Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
  Available also online.
  
• Notes:"A description of its rivers, mountains, glaciers, volcanoes, and other beautiful and unusual scenic features and of the rare delights it offers travellers, big game hunters, mountain climbers, explorers ; its towns and pioneer settlements ; the government railroad and Mount McKinley National Park ; its rich resources ; its openings for new business enterprises ; its Indians, their primitive customs and present development ; its romantic early history when Russian, Spanish, and other nations sought its wealth ; the Gold Rush days ; its present progress and bright future."
  Illustrated lining-papers.
  Includes bibliographical references (page 421) and index.
  
• Contents:Alaska at a glance
  From Seattle northward
  Into American waters
  Wrangell to Skagway
  Beautiful Lake Atlin
  On to Dawson
  The Dawson of to-day
  The Dawson of yesterday
  Dawson to Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, the golden heart of Alaska
  Motoring three hundred miles in the heart of Alaska
  To the westward
  From Fairbanks to Nome via the Yukon
  Little-known regions of Alaska
  Sitka and Alaska's history
  Alaska's romantic history
  Forests and flowers
  The wild animal life
  The rich mineral resources of the territory
  Alaska's fishing industries
  Furs in richness and variety
  The agricultural possibilities of the territory
  Transportation problems
  The natives and their education
  Life in Alaska
  Business opportunities that Alaska offers
  The present complicated government.