Wood, Ira F.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Wood, originally from Lake Placid, N.Y., spent 7 years or more in Iditarod, Alaska in the 1920's. Walter Wood owned a lumber company with his 2 brothers, Charles and Ira. Ira was also Iditarod's undertaker. Mrs. Walter Wood [Josephine] was the postmistress of Iditarod. The small stern wheel river boats "Nancy Belle" and "Daisy Belle" were owned and piloted by the Wood brothers on the Iditarod River.

From the description of Ira and Walter Wood photograph collection, ca. 1911-1929. [graphic]. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50406506