Aunt Phil's Trunk 1912-1935 Volume Three
by Phyllis Downing Carlson Author, Laurel Downing Bill Author
Trains, planes and automobiles forever change the lives of Alaskans throughout the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three. Hardy souls with hammers and drills, axes and mattocks, mauls and gauges found it took muscle and endurance to lay railroad tracks in Alaska's untamed wilderness. Other adventurers brought automobiles and airplanes north that transfored the way we mined resources, explored the country and traveled the Great Land. From the birth of Anchorage in 1915, to Balto's famous serum run to Nome in 1926 to the fatal plane crash of aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers near Barrow in 1935, this volume is sure to keep readers ages 9-99 turning pages to see what happens next!
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-1-940479-24-8
- Print Status
- In Print
- chapters
- 31
- Pages
- 346
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Alaska
- Historical Setting
- 1912 - 1935
- Publisher
- Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC
- Edition
- Third
- Copyright
- 2008
- Written
- 2008
chapters
- 1 Cook Inlet Timeline
- 2 Railroad Makes Headlines
- 3 Knik Withers
- 4 Railroad Births Anchorage
- 5 Ship Creek Blossoms
- 6 Golden Spike Mystery
- 7 Voters Choose Self-Rule
- 8 First Mayor Tackles Vice
- 9 First Police Chief Murdered
- 10 Pioneer Philanthropist Arrives
- 11 "Cap" Lathrop Gambles on Alaska
- 12 "Mr. Baseball" Hits Town
- 13 A Very Bumpy Ride
- 14 A Reo and a Resort
- 15 Alaska's First Streetcar
- 16 The Big Sickness
- 17 Disaster Stikes Southeast
- 18 First Relay Run North
- 19 Diphtheria Threatens Nome
- 20 Magnificent Flying Machines
- 21 Aviators Head North
- 22 Strange Sight Soars Over Teller
- 23 Cordova Finally Enters Air Age
- 24 Eielson: Alaska's Pioneer Aviator
- 25 Wien: A Legend In the North
- 26 Merrill: Blazing Trails In the Sky
- 27 Natives Gain Recognition
- 28 Colonists Settle Valley
- 29 Sourdough Governor Appointed
- 30 Black Fog Over Barrow
- 31 Other News Around Alaska
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