Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.
Gasoline Goes Do Mushing Now. GASOLINE DOGS DO MUSHING NOW By Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26. —The malmutes' last stronghold— wilderness trap lines—gave way today to the skidmobile. Two veteran Alaska trappers, Bob and Charlie Mathison, brothers, who have driven dogs over thousand...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/90546 2023-05-15T14:57:18+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers. Spokesman Review 1936-10-26 Gasoline Goes Do Mushing Now. 1936-10-26 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90546 English eng nwh-sh-8-2-77 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90546 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 gasoline mushing Anchorage Alaska malmute wilderness skidmobile Bob and Charlie Mathison tractor treads snowbird dog team Stanley Morgan Point Barrow Roaring Boring Alice Eskimos arctic ocean shore polar bears Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1936 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:12Z Gasoline Goes Do Mushing Now. GASOLINE DOGS DO MUSHING NOW By Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26. —The malmutes' last stronghold— wilderness trap lines—gave way today to the skidmobile. Two veteran Alaska trappers, Bob and Charlie Mathison, brothers, who have driven dogs over thousands of miles of northland snow, bought an automobile, equipped the front axles with sledge runners and the rear ones with tractor treads. They named it the "Snowbird" and predicted it would enable them to cover 150 miles of trap line daily, instead of 30 possible with the husky teams. With fair going on clear snow, the Mathisons said their skidmobile would develop 40 miles an hour,| which would leave the best dog' team panting miles in the rear. Sergeant Stanley Morgan of Point Barrow first introduced the converted automobile to Alaska. His Roaring Boring Alice, as he named it, set the Eskimos and polar bears agog on the arctic ocean shore. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Barrow eskimo* Point Barrow Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Anchorage Arctic Arctic Ocean Pacific |
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Gasoline Goes Do Mushing Now. GASOLINE DOGS DO MUSHING NOW By Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26. —The malmutes' last stronghold— wilderness trap lines—gave way today to the skidmobile. Two veteran Alaska trappers, Bob and Charlie Mathison, brothers, who have driven dogs over thousands of miles of northland snow, bought an automobile, equipped the front axles with sledge runners and the rear ones with tractor treads. They named it the "Snowbird" and predicted it would enable them to cover 150 miles of trap line daily, instead of 30 possible with the husky teams. With fair going on clear snow, the Mathisons said their skidmobile would develop 40 miles an hour,| which would leave the best dog' team panting miles in the rear. Sergeant Stanley Morgan of Point Barrow first introduced the converted automobile to Alaska. His Roaring Boring Alice, as he named it, set the Eskimos and polar bears agog on the arctic ocean shore. |
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