Teaching With Documents:
Migration North to Alaska
Modes of Transportation
Alaska's terrain
and climate required the newcomers to utilize modes of transportation that were
foreign to many of them. These included dogsleds and snowshoes.
Can you think of other modes of transportation that influenced migration?
The Documents
Ready for Trails, Interior
Alaska, Mail Dog Team
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National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Post Office Department
Record Group 28
Miscellaneous Equipment
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Alaska Winter Transportation
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National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
Record Group 77
Migration North to Alaska Main Page
- Modes of Transportation
- Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
- Homesteading and Citizenship
- Statehood
