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Lanier McKee. The Land of Nome
The Land of Nome
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PREFACE
I
THE RUSH IN 1900
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THE HYBRID CITY OF NOME
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IV
THE INLAND COUNTRY—THE MINES
V
McKENZIE AT WORK—THE STORM—THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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VII
UP THE STREAMS—AN EVENING AT JOHNSON'S CAMP
VIII
THE COUNCIL CITY MINING DISTRICT—JOE RIPLEY AND OTHERS
IX
THE OPERETTA AT DEXTER'S—NOME CITY OF TO-DAY
X
THE END OF THE CONSPIRACY—A WORD FOR ALASKA
FOOTNOTES
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Lanier McKee
A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901)
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Early in the morning of June 11 the Lane went through Unimak Pass and was steaming toward Dutch Harbor, all aboard eager, with eyes straining, to see whether the vessels which had preceded us were there, or had continued up into the Bering Sea, navigation being open. To the surprise and delight of nearly all, there lay at anchor in that magnificent harbor, almost landlocked, what appeared to be the entire Nome fleet—steamers of all sizes, sailing-craft laden with lumber and black with passengers, and the United States vessels Wheeling, McCullough, Manning, Rush, and Lawton.
It is a weird and majestic spot. Great hills, almost mountains, barren of timber or shrubbery of any kind, and streaked with snow, come down precipitous to the water's edge. Rising beyond these are snow-covered mountains. Not a tree nor anything green is visible. The surface is somber with the all-pervading tundra, or Russian moss, which stretches over the greater part of Alaska and northern Siberia. Looking down the harbor are discovered the large warehouses of one of the great Alaska commercial and trading companies, and the ancient and unique Russian settlement of Unalaska, peopled mainly by a mixed-breed population of Russian, Japanese, and native Eskimo constituents. There are a picturesque little Russian church, and the Jesse Lee Home for orphans and foundlings, endowed by a number of charitable women in Washington.
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