Johnson diary, 1909-1910.

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Johnson diary, 1909-1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760130342

The collection consists of a handwritten diary kept during 1909 and 1910 by V.A. Johnson. The diary was written during his work on the Southern Pacific Railroad and details his time spent in Alaska and his trip back to California. Included in the collection are a typed transcription of the diary and an index to the transcription. The diary has the printed title: Cactus diary 1909. Ships and steamboats Mr. Johnson traveled on included: S.S. Victoria and the steamer Campbell.

.2 linear ft.368 p. ; 16 cm. + 1 typed transcription (72 leaves ; 28 cm.) + 1 index (5 leaves ; 28 cm.)

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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SNAC Resource ID: 8148599

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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Northern Commercial Company

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Carbons for orders from their Nome, Alaska, headquarters. From the description of Delivery orders, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83291164 ...

Victoria (Steamship)

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Johnson, V. A.

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V.A. Johnson was born Dec. 6, 1864. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad in the western United States (North Dakota, Montana, Nevada, and California) and left for Nation, Alaska on March 22, 1909. He traveled via Skagway, Whitehorse, and down the Yukon by foot to Nation where he joined Arthur and Sadie Reynolds on their gold claim. After the summer work where they took 134 oz. of gold, he took the steamer Campbell to Russian Mission, where he wintered with C. Betsch and was involved in tr...

Reynolds, Sadie.

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Reynolds, Arthur Graham

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