Steamboats WILBUR CUMMIN, JULIA B., SCHWATKA, and others docked at Chena, approximately 1909

• Main Author: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1909
• Subjects: Steamboats > Alaska > Chena; Cities & towns > Alaska; Rivers > Alaska; Wilbur Cummin (Steamboat); Julia B. (Steamboat); Schwatka (Steamboat); Chena (Alaska); Tanana River (Alaska); Ballard; Fairbanks; Newell; Pacific; Steamboat; Wilbur; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/nowell/id/277

Caption on image: 6132 On verso of image: Chena, Alaska Chena is located on the north bank of the Tanana River, 1 miles wet of the mouth of Chena River and 7 miles southwest of Fairbanks. The post office was established in 1903 and was discontinued in 1918. The population in 1920 was 18. (pg. 203) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) The JULIA B. was built in 1908 in Ballard, Washington, for the Yukon Transportation Co. (pg. 115) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number