LEADER 03268nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910791357403321 005 20230320060154.0 010 $a1-60223-113-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000013263 035 $a(EBL)1820967 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306962 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10471195 035 $a(PQKB)11746872 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1820967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1820967 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10378020 035 $a(OCoLC)893740892 035 $a(OCoLC)647908316 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110945 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000013263 100 $a20081209d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOld Yukon$b[electronic resource] $etales, trails, and trials /$fby James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole 210 $aFairbanks $cUniversity of Alaska Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aClassic reprint series ;$vno. 10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-051-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction --$tThe genesis of an Alaska court --$tDawson and the Klondike mines --$tPlanting American courts in the wilderness --$tCommon law of the trail --$tRiding the Arctic circuit --$tThe Yukon River winter trail --$tTriple murder in the Aleutians --$tThe Anvil Creek conspiracy --$tThe corruption of the court --$tLiars and thieves --$tSocial life at Nome, 1901-1902 --$tThe dog trail from Circle to Fairbanks --$tFairbanks and the Tanana mines --$tThe Mount McKinley expedition --$tUp the Kantishna --$tThe approach --$tOn the slopes of Denali --$tRafting home --$tThree thousand miles of justice --$tThe Valdez-Fairbanks trail in 1905 --$tThe judge goes on trial. 330 $aIn this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham's many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is e. 410 0$aClassic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ;$vno. 10. 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zAlaska$vAnecdotes 606 $aCourts$zAlaska$vAnecdotes 607 $aAlaska$xHistory$vAnecdotes 607 $aYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)$xHistory$vAnecdotes 607 $aAlaska$xTrials, litigation, etc$vAnecdotes 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aCourts 676 $a979.8 700 $aWickersham$b James$f1857-1939.$01581245 701 $aCole$b Terrence$f1953-$01495201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791357403321 996 $aOld Yukon$93862664 997 $aUNINA