Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1932
• Subjects: sled; Alaska; windy city; Chicago; Copper Center; Clyde Williams; Mentaspa pass; Tanana river; Tanana crossing; Yukon river; Dawson; gold rush; Canadian side; international border; Winnipeg; dominion government; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Yukon
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90502

By Sled, Alaska To Windy City: Sourdough Is Modest As To When He And His Nine Dogs Will Reach Chicago. BY SLED, ALASKA TOWINDY CITY Sourdough Is "Modest as to When He and His Nine Dogs Will Beach Chicago. COPPER CENTER, Alaska, Nov. 19. (/P)—To the cry of "Mush there, mush!" nine sleek Alaskan sled dogs will head out of here at the break of dawn tomorrow en route with their driver, Clyde Williams, veteran of 31 years of prospecting, trapping and mushing in the northland, on an overland trip to Chicago. Through Mentaspa pass, 112 miles northeast of here, thence to Tanana crossing on the Tanana river, those nine speeding animals will draw a sled loaded with 250 pounds of food for themselves and master, blankets, a tent and a camp stove. After Tanana crossing will come Forty-Mile, a mining camp of "roarin' '98," and up the broad, ice-covered Yukon river to Dawson, metropolis of gold rush days, both on the Canadian side of the international border. From Dawson Williams, 52 years old and known as "Slim," will depend on the Canadian government for directions. He hopes to be able to cut across the rolling, snow-covered Yukon territory toward Winnipeg, but will follow a route given him by the dominion government. A typical, close-mouthed sourdough, Williams would not predict an arrival time in Chicago, saying only that he must get there "before the snows leave in the spring."