The Rapids of the Yukon
Abstract William Henry Dall (1845-1927) grew up in Boston and attended Harvard but never graduated. In 1866 he ac companied the historic Western Union Telegraphy Company expedition to Alaska, which sought to find an overland route for a transcontinental telegraph line to Europe. This objective prove...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0014 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479525/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-14.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract William Henry Dall (1845-1927) grew up in Boston and attended Harvard but never graduated. In 1866 he ac companied the historic Western Union Telegraphy Company expedition to Alaska, which sought to find an overland route for a transcontinental telegraph line to Europe. This objective proved impossible to achieve, but Dall later produced an important book as a result of his adventures in the north, Alaska and Its Resources (Lee and Shepard, 1870). From 1871-1884 Dall served in the U. |
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