Northwest History. Will Rogers

WIDOW OF WILEY POST TO MARK DEATH SPOT WIDOW OF WILEY POST TO MARK DEATH SPOT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 16. (AP) —The widow of Wiley Post made ready today to follow the sky trail her aviator husband and Will Rogers took on their fatal journey to Point Barrow a year ago. Mrs. Post expected to lead a pa...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
Mae Post
wife of late Wiley post
Marking of the spot where Will Rogers and Wiley Post died
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
United States > Will Rogers > 20th century
Fairbanks
Pacific
Barrow
Point Barrow
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/85547
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Summary:WIDOW OF WILEY POST TO MARK DEATH SPOT WIDOW OF WILEY POST TO MARK DEATH SPOT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 16. (AP) —The widow of Wiley Post made ready today to follow the sky trail her aviator husband and Will Rogers took on their fatal journey to Point Barrow a year ago. Mrs. Post expected to lead a party taking off tomorrow in a transport plane to erect two large iron crosses near the place where the famous pair died in the wreckage of Post's red monoplane in a shallow tundra river August 15, 1935.

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