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Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-B Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

A St. looking north, Nenana, Alaska

A St. looking north, Nenana, Alaska

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Shed, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Shed, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlie Yale Cabins, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Cabins, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk ...

Significance: The ten year home of hermit prospector Chalie Yale, this cabin site is an accessible, in-park display of early isolated mining. Uses as shelter and way-station tie the site to latter-day mining. ... More

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,...

Significance: Woodchopper Roadhouse, built ca. 1910, is the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle. Located halfway between the two towns, the roadhouse housed winter travelers ... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicin...

Significance: Built by Ed Heppenstall, the cabin was occupied by Marshall Vaughn O. Green during the 1930's. Green was married to Mamie, the daughter of James Minano and a Kobuk Eskimo woman who lived at Coldf... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettle...

Significance: Mortgaged to Erle R. Brown, March 18, 1913, when it was known as the Siverly and Bowker Saloon. Sold by E.R. Brown to Igloo #8 of the Pioneers of Alaska, November 2, 1914. Owned in 1972 by Burt ... More

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,...

Significance: Woodchopper Roadhouse, built ca. 1910, is the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle. Located halfway between the two towns, the roadhouse housed winter travelers ... More

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyu...

Significance: George McGregor, a miner-turned-trapper, built this cabin in 1938. McGregor staked some of the richest ground on Woodchopper Creek in the 1920s. He sold out in the 1930s and turned to trapping. ... More

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyu...

Significance: George McGregor, a miner-turned-trapper, built this cabin in 1938. McGregor staked some of the richest ground on Woodchopper Creek in the 1920s. He sold out in the 1930s and turned to trapping. ... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicin...

Significance: Built by Ed Heppenstall, the cabin was occupied by Marshall Vaughn O. Green during the 1930's. Green was married to Mamie, the daughter of James Minano and a Kobuk Eskimo woman who lived at Coldf... More

Charlie Yale Cabins, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Cabins, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk ...

Significance: The ten year home of hermit prospector Chalie Yale, this cabin site is an accessible, in-park display of early isolated mining. Uses as shelter and way-station tie the site to latter-day mining. ... More

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,...

Significance: Woodchopper Roadhouse, built ca. 1910, is the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle. Located halfway between the two towns, the roadhouse housed winter travelers ... More

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wi...

Significance: Built by Gus Larson, the cabin was occupied during the 1940's by an individual known as George Magloss or Manglass and was referred to as the "Greek's cabin." It was late owned by Fred Terrel who... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yuk...

Significance: This site is unique to the region for its completeness in terms of mining structures and machinery as well as in the unbroken continuation of mining activities occurring on the claim. It was buil... More

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wi...

Significance: Built by Gus Larson, the cabin was occupied during the 1940's by an individual known as George Magloss or Manglass and was referred to as the "Greek's cabin." It was late owned by Fred Terrel who... More

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wi...

Significance: Built by Gus Larson, the cabin was occupied during the 1940's by an individual known as George Magloss or Manglass and was referred to as the "Greek's cabin." It was late owned by Fred Terrel who... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Hi...

Survey number: HAER AK-7-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Hi...

Survey number: HAER AK-7-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettle...

Significance: Mortgaged to Erle R. Brown, March 18, 1913, when it was known as the Siverly and Bowker Saloon. Sold by E.R. Brown to Igloo #8 of the Pioneers of Alaska, November 2, 1914. Owned in 1972 by Burt ... More

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettle...

Significance: Mortgaged to Erle R. Brown, March 18, 1913, when it was known as the Siverly and Bowker Saloon. Sold by E.R. Brown to Igloo #8 of the Pioneers of Alaska, November 2, 1914. Owned in 1972 by Burt ... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Boiler Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Boiler Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicin...

Significance: Built by Ed Heppenstall, the cabin was occupied by Marshall Vaughn O. Green during the 1930's. Green was married to Mamie, the daughter of James Minano and a Kobuk Eskimo woman who lived at Coldf... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,...

Significance: Woodchopper Roadhouse, built ca. 1910, is the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle. Located halfway between the two towns, the roadhouse housed winter travelers ... More

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyu...

Significance: George McGregor, a miner-turned-trapper, built this cabin in 1938. McGregor staked some of the richest ground on Woodchopper Creek in the 1920s. He sold out in the 1930s and turned to trapping. ... More

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyu...

Significance: George McGregor, a miner-turned-trapper, built this cabin in 1938. McGregor staked some of the richest ground on Woodchopper Creek in the 1920s. He sold out in the 1930s and turned to trapping. ... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Residential Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Hi...

Survey number: HAER AK-7-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Work Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Boiler Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Boiler Cabin, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Heppenstall-Green Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicin...

Significance: Built by Ed Heppenstall, the cabin was occupied by Marshall Vaughn O. Green during the 1930's. Green was married to Mamie, the daughter of James Minano and a Kobuk Eskimo woman who lived at Coldf... More

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Headframe, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

A. D. Wilcox Drift Mine, Headframe, Linda Creek near Dalton Highway, B...

Survey number: HAER AK-7-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 8, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettle...

Significance: Mortgaged to Erle R. Brown, March 18, 1913, when it was known as the Siverly and Bowker Saloon. Sold by E.R. Brown to Igloo #8 of the Pioneers of Alaska, November 2, 1914. Owned in 1972 by Burt ... More

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wi...

Significance: Built by Gus Larson, the cabin was occupied during the 1940's by an individual known as George Magloss or Manglass and was referred to as the "Greek's cabin." It was late owned by Fred Terrel who... More

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Gus Larson Cabin, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wi...

Significance: Built by Gus Larson, the cabin was occupied during the 1940's by an individual known as George Magloss or Manglass and was referred to as the "Greek's cabin." It was late owned by Fred Terrel who... More

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

George McGregor Cabin, Yukon River near Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyu...

Significance: George McGregor, a miner-turned-trapper, built this cabin in 1938. McGregor staked some of the richest ground on Woodchopper Creek in the 1920s. He sold out in the 1930s and turned to trapping. ... More

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Northern Commercial Company Store, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bet...

Significance: Following the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the assets of the Russian-American Company were acquired the following year by the newly founded Alaska Commercial Company. The Alask... More

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettles Vicinity, Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Dow Ulen Cabin & Wind Generator, Koyukuk River at Wiseman Creek, Bettl...

Significance: E.J. Ulen purchased the "Williams Cabin" from Mary Williams on January 3, 1928 and sold it March 27, 1956 to his wife, Tishu. Mary Williams was Tishu's mother. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number... More

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Presentation of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built in 1928-29, the Presentation of Our Lord Church has a hip-roofed nave, ... More

Schoolhouse, Koyukuk River, Bettles vicinity (moved from Coldfoot), Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Schoolhouse, Koyukuk River, Bettles vicinity (moved from Coldfoot), Wi...

Significance: Schoolhouse. See HABS No. AK-25. Survey number: HABS AK-25-A Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Koyukuk River, Bettles Vicinity, Co...

Significance: Although prospectors had begun venturing up the Koyukuk River by the mid-1880s, the first surge of settlement in the region occurred with the overflow of Klondike stampeders in the late 1890s. By ... More

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Charlie Yale Main Cabin, Glacier River near Nolan, Bettles, Yukon-Koyu...

Survey number: HABS AK-20-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Vincent Knorr Cabin, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Significance: Standing when Irving McK. Reed surveyed the Koyukuk mining district for the Territorial Department of Mines in 1937, this cabin is distinguished by careful construction and small size. It is an e... More

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Rhon River Shelter Cabin, Nikolai, Yuko...

Significance: After the roadhouse at Rhon River (now Tatina River) burned in May, 1924, travelers used the trapper's cabin/shelter cabin of Einar Carlson, a partner in the Rhon River Roadhouse. Carlson's Rhon ... More

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