03268nam 2200625 a 450 991079135740332120230320060154.01-60223-113-3(CKB)2560000000013263(EBL)1820967(SSID)ssj0000424454(PQKBManifestationID)11306962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424454(PQKBWorkID)10471195(PQKB)11746872(MiAaPQ)EBC1820967(Au-PeEL)EBL1820967(CaPaEBR)ebr10378020(OCoLC)893740892(OCoLC)647908316(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110945(EXLCZ)99256000000001326320081209d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOld Yukon[electronic resource] tales, trails, and trials /by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence ColeFairbanks University of Alaska Pressc20091 online resource (354 p.)Classic reprint series ;no. 10Description based upon print version of record.1-60223-051-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction --The genesis of an Alaska court --Dawson and the Klondike mines --Planting American courts in the wilderness --Common law of the trail --Riding the Arctic circuit --The Yukon River winter trail --Triple murder in the Aleutians --The Anvil Creek conspiracy --The corruption of the court --Liars and thieves --Social life at Nome, 1901-1902 --The dog trail from Circle to Fairbanks --Fairbanks and the Tanana mines --The Mount McKinley expedition --Up the Kantishna --The approach --On the slopes of Denali --Rafting home --Three thousand miles of justice --The Valdez-Fairbanks trail in 1905 --The judge goes on trial.In this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham's many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is e.Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ;no. 10.Frontier and pioneer lifeAlaskaAnecdotesCourtsAlaskaAnecdotesAlaskaHistoryAnecdotesYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)HistoryAnecdotesAlaskaTrials, litigation, etcAnecdotesFrontier and pioneer lifeCourts979.8Wickersham James1857-1939.1581245Cole Terrence1953-1495201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791357403321Old Yukon3862664UNINA