Northwest History. Alaska. General.

Amos Burg Sails Into Alaska Port. AMOS BURG SAILS INTO ALASKA PORT KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 8. (/P)— Sixteen days out in their 26-foot outboard motor boat of Seattle, Amos Burg, Eugene, Ore., and Roy Pepper, St. Croix Falls, Wis., arrived here today. They said they planned to remain in southeastern A...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
Ketchikan
Alaska
Seattle
Amos Burg
Eugene
Oregon
Roy Pepper
St. Croix Falls
Cape Horn
Skagway
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/92106
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Summary:Amos Burg Sails Into Alaska Port. AMOS BURG SAILS INTO ALASKA PORT KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 8. (/P)— Sixteen days out in their 26-foot outboard motor boat of Seattle, Amos Burg, Eugene, Ore., and Roy Pepper, St. Croix Falls, Wis., arrived here today. They said they planned to remain in southeastern Alaska until September. Burg raid they would do extensive picture-taking and colored photography work, going as far north as Skagway. Their 31-year-old boat is one in which he went around Cape Horn several years ago, Burg said. The water distance from Seattle is 654 miles.

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