‚This is no staid diary. There are forest fires, floods, gunplay, and many other death-defying episodes.‘ ~ Reviewer, Mark Mc Laughlin
HAZELET’S JOURNAL is a true 1898 Gold Rush story that gives us insight into the character of those who went before us, a sense of passion, loyalty, and resilience that was so much a part of the great American spirit that our country was founded upon. It’s told in the journalist’s original voice, captured for generations to come.
This TRAVEL EDITION is designed in a paperback format, lightweight to fit inside a backpack to read (no wifi required) on the trail as the traveler makes his or her way to Valdez. It contains the same journal entries and stories contained in the hardcover version published in 2012, however with more travelogue content of the current sights and landscape as one makes their way (300 miles) along the Richardson Highway from Anchorage into the town of Valdez, the staging site of the old 1898 pioneer tent city and trailhead of the Alaska Gold Fields.
A rich history of the last true American frontier to experience. The old Copper Center and pioneer mail hub at the confluence of the Copper and Klutina Rivers. Kennecott Copper mines at Mc Carthy, Keystone Canyon with its beautiful waterfalls and the scene of the famous ’shootout‘ between warring railway companies in 1907, and much much more for the curious travelers to experience as they make their way into the town of Valdez. Discover the magic!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
– PROLOGUE
– ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BOOK ONE: FEBRUARY 17 – AUGUST 30, 1898
I. Leaving Home Behind
II. Outfitting in Seattle
III. The Sea Journey
IV. The Valdez Glacier
V. Copper River Country
VI. Prospecting
BOOK TWO: AUGUST 30, 1898 – APRIL 30, 1899
VII. The Chistochina
VIII. Copper Center
IX. Indian Charlie
X. Christmas Dinner
XI. One Year Later
XII. Frustration
BOOK THREE: FEBRUARY 2, 1900 – AUGUST 20, 1902
XIII. Chisna Mining and Improvement Company
XIV. Breaking Trail with Abercrombie
XV. Forest Fire and The Fourth
XVI. Up the Copper to the Gakona
XVII. Claim Jumpers
XVIII. Back to Valdez-[Earthquake]
XIX. The Long Trail Home
XX. Valdez Townsite Business
XXI. Gunplay and Heartbreak
XXII. All-in: Do or Die
– EPILOGUE
- GUIDE FOR ALASKA MINERS, SETTLERS, AND TOURISTS
– CHRONOLOGY
– INDEX
– ILLUSTRATIONS
– SOURCES
Über den Autor
John Clark received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico and successfully built and ran a printing and manufacturing company located in Louisville, Kentucky for 27 years. He is the great-grandson of George Cheever and Hattie Potter Hazelet. Today, Clark is the president of The Port Valdez Company, which traces its landholding to George Cheever Hazelet and his partner Andrew Jackson Meals‘ original scripting of 720 acres in Valdez, Alaska. Clark also is the founder of Old Stone Press. He and his wife Gretchen live in Louisville, Kentucky.
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