Jack Dalton and the Dalton Trail, ca. 1885-1915.

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Jack Dalton and the Dalton Trail, ca. 1885-1915.

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There is one photograph in this collection, and R.N. DeArmond has identified the individuals pictured as Jack Dalton, his wife, Estelle Richey Dalton, and Ed Hanley. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files on Jack Dalton, collected by R.N. DeArmond and Patricia Roppel. Included are pages of research notes, biographical data, timelines, newspaper articles, personal correspondence, copies of U.S. General Land Office documents pertaining to the Dalton Trail, and published articles on the Dalton Trail (R.N. DeArmond, in Alaska Sportsman, July 1963) and on the history of the mining community Porcupine (Patricia Roppel in The Alaska Journal, Winter 1975).

1 box (papers)

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114677

Alaska State Library

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Dalton Trading & Transportation Co.

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Porcupine Trading Company (Haines, Alaska)

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Roppel, Patricia

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Jack Dalton, a colorful character who first came to Alaska 1885, is best known for establishing a packing route from Pyramid Harbor, near Haines, to the Yukon River. This route, which became known as the Dalton Trail, was first traversed by Dalton when he joined the 1890 "Frank Leslie Newspaper Expedition" to explore the territory between the Alaska Coast and the Yukon River. One of the members of the expedition, Edward James Glave, who had experience exploring Africa, was intrigued by the prosp...

Dalton, Jack, 1856-1944

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DeArmond, R. N.

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Journalist, editor for Alaska Northwest Publishing Co., and historian, in Juneau, Alaska. From the description of Alaska statehood file including opposition views, 1949-1958. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42929334 R.N. "Bob" DeArmond was born in Sitka, Alaska in July, 1911. A well known Alaskan historian, he has published numerous articles and books about Alaska's history and culture. He married Dale Burlison in 1935 and they lived in various Southeast Alaska c...

Dalton family.

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