Old Yukon tales, trails, and trials /
Wickersham, James, 1857-1939.
Old Yukon tales, trails, and trials / [electronic resource] : by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole. - Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2009. - xlix, 302 p. : ill., maps. - Classic reprint series ; no. 10 . - Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10. .
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Anecdotes.
Courts--Alaska--Anecdotes.
Alaska--History--Anecdotes.
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)--History--Anecdotes.
Alaska--Trials, litigation, etc.--Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
F904 / .W66 2009
979.8
Old Yukon tales, trails, and trials / [electronic resource] : by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole. - Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2009. - xlix, 302 p. : ill., maps. - Classic reprint series ; no. 10 . - Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10. .
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Anecdotes.
Courts--Alaska--Anecdotes.
Alaska--History--Anecdotes.
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)--History--Anecdotes.
Alaska--Trials, litigation, etc.--Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
F904 / .W66 2009
979.8