Rampart Rhetoric: The Role of Frontier Mythology in the Development of Alaska’s Natural Resources and Identity

• Main Author: Hertz, Jenna
• Other Authors: Lewis, James E., 1964-
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Rip; Yukon; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10920/15032

93 p. After a summer of deep exploration, the story that I felt compelled to tell was the story of an attempt in the early 1960s to build a hydroelectric dam on the Yukon River at a place called Rampart Canyon. Though few people have heard about the dam today, it was the subject of a fierce battle i...