Kantishna: Mushers, Miners, Mountaineers - The Pioneer Story

Kantishna: Mushers, Miners, Mountaineers - The Pioneer Story Behind Mount McKinley National Park
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In the aftermath of the 1898 Klondike gold rush, hardy pioneers forged through trackless wilderness on foot or by dog team to prospect every remote drainage in Interior Alaska. A chance discovery of gold in the Kantishna hills in 1905 sparked a wild stampede for riches. The rush to the Mt. McKinley region lured hundreds of people. The Kantishna is rife with stories of courage, loyalty and challenges met head-on. Bouts with wild beasts, isolation, disease, accidents and cosmic cold. Here to are darker talesÂ¬â€¦of armed robbery, attempted murder, suicide and insanity. Market hunters slaughtered the wildlife. Unscrupulous trappers poisoned animals for their fur. Mt. McKinley drew adventurers of another sort. For a decade a few eastern sportsmen and sourdoughs challenged the icy slopes. The stories of defeat and deception set the stage in 1913 for the ultimate triumph. Out of the detritus of the great Alaska/Yukon gold rushes emerged two men of a different stripe. Men of adventure and vision, rising above the lust for gold, proposed a national park where wildlife would be free of the epic slaughter that accompanied Americaâ€™s northern expansion. Carving a national park out of this wilderness would not be easy. Alaskans would fight to protect their way of life. Here are the stories of these tough pioneers, tales similar to those that inspired Robert Service and Jack Londonâ€¦only these stories are true.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Manufacturer Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781575101248
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Manufacturer	Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781575101248
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Kantishna: Mushers, Miners, Mountaineers - The Pioneer Story Behind Mount McKinley National Park

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