In an example of migrant labor disputes in Alaska, on November 6th, 1907, 23 Alaskans as well as 23 Mexican laborers who had been brought to Alaska for railroad work, were arrested in Seattle as they returned from working on the railroad, laying track in treacherous terrain where they had faced severe weather, isolation, and […]
The Daily Gateway newspaper in Seward reported the progress of the Alaska Central Railway to its readers on October 13th, 1905. The workers had reached mile 40 of the track bound for Anchorage. The first miles of track were slow and tedious, but speed gradually increased to approximately a mile every three days. But, as […]
The Wellesley and the Northland arrived in Anchorage on October 5th, 1915. The two steamers sailed from the Lower 48 for the Alaska Engineering Commission, carrying 1.5 million feet of lumber. The lumber was for the construction of the Alaska Railroad. Construction was taking place in Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley at that point in […]
James Wickersham, on September 28th, 1908, tendered his resignation as Judge for the Third Judicial District in the Interior of Alaska. He had been appointed to that position by President William McKinley in 1900. That year, he ran for the delegate position for the District of Alaska and won the election and began serving in […]