Fort St. Michael
Houses and barracks at Fort St. Michael, Alaska. Fort St. Michael, a U.S. military post, was established in 1897. During the gold rush of 1897, it was a major gateway to the Alaskan interior via the Yukon River Delta. As many as 10,000 persons were said to live in St. Michael during the gold rush. S...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:cchm_photo/14098 2023-05-15T16:55:02+02:00 Fort St. Michael Washington State University Vancouver Library; http://library.vancouver.wsu.edu/ United States--Alaska--Nome Census Area--St. Michael undated Original images were scanned as 600 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 100 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries. http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cchm_photo/id/14098 unknown P15.49 Acc. 451 Cat. 2406 cchm13249.tif http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cchm_photo/id/14098 To request a copy and permission to use this image, contact the Clark County Historical Museum at 1511 Main Street, Vancouver WA 98660 360.993.5679 or visit www.cchmuseum.org. Clark County Historical Museum Photographs Clark County Historical Museum; http://www.cchmuseum.org Communities Alaska Cities & towns Houses Homes Dwellings Barracks Snow Buildings Military facilities Military camps Government buildings Photographs ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T18:25:40Z Houses and barracks at Fort St. Michael, Alaska. Fort St. Michael, a U.S. military post, was established in 1897. During the gold rush of 1897, it was a major gateway to the Alaskan interior via the Yukon River Delta. As many as 10,000 persons were said to live in St. Michael during the gold rush. St. Michael was also a popular trading post for Inuit to trade their goods for Western supplies. 3.75 x 5.5 in. Still Image inuit Nome Yukon river Alaska Yukon Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections St Michael ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195) Yukon |
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Communities Alaska Cities & towns Houses Homes Dwellings Barracks Snow Buildings Military facilities Military camps Government buildings |
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Houses and barracks at Fort St. Michael, Alaska. Fort St. Michael, a U.S. military post, was established in 1897. During the gold rush of 1897, it was a major gateway to the Alaskan interior via the Yukon River Delta. As many as 10,000 persons were said to live in St. Michael during the gold rush. St. Michael was also a popular trading post for Inuit to trade their goods for Western supplies. 3.75 x 5.5 in. |
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Washington State University Vancouver Library; http://library.vancouver.wsu.edu/ |
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Fort St. Michael |
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United States--Alaska--Nome Census Area--St. Michael |
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ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195) |
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St Michael Yukon |
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St Michael Yukon |
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inuit Nome Yukon river Alaska Yukon |
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Clark County Historical Museum Photographs Clark County Historical Museum; http://www.cchmuseum.org |
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P15.49 Acc. 451 Cat. 2406 cchm13249.tif http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cchm_photo/id/14098 |
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To request a copy and permission to use this image, contact the Clark County Historical Museum at 1511 Main Street, Vancouver WA 98660 360.993.5679 or visit www.cchmuseum.org. |
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