Chickasaw Capital. (Tishomingo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Aftor a visit to southeastern Alas-
ka ouo author of boU baa written:
Comblno all that la boat la tha beau-
ties of the HudaoB and the Rhino of
iAkeo George and KlRaraoy of tbo
Yooemlte and all of CwltsorlaBd and
irou have a alight conception of the
fceautleo of this groan archipelago”
Much of all this graadeur la to bo
Found la Alaska's mountains
i Because of the comparative Inner
coulblllty except at great coot and
much expenditure of time the moun-
tain districts have been visited by
only a favored few But the no-
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Mount Logan altitudes of
18000 feet and 11000 feet
reepectlvely are touched
Mount 8L Ellas howev-
er baa llgured In Alaskan
exploration from the ear-
liest accounts In fact It
is the first point of the ter-
ritory which was sighted
by Bering In 1741 He dls-
' covered It on 8t Elias' day
and accordingly gave It the
name Singularly It Is a
: cornerstone of the Interna-
tional boundary since It
lies practically In longitude
141 degrees and Is on the
crest of the range Here
the boundary which fol-
lows the one hundred and
forty-first meridian' bend
abruptly to the east fol-
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nevMTeriirixezo rrtuzh
lifeless land one never beheld The
view of this Ice field and tie adja-
cent mountains aa seen from the
ocean Is superb In tbo extreme
This southern chain of mountains
continues to tie westward whets It
Is knows as the Chugach mown tains
passing around the head of Prince
William eownd and terminating la the
Kenal peninsula where It fores little
more than highlands Just north of
Pnnce William sound the range la
mass of snow-clad peaks In the val-
leys of which are hundreds of square
miles of Ice almost entirely unexplored-
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Alaska's Highest Volcanoes
About 150 miles to the northwest of Mount
8t Ellas are the wonderfully Impressive peaks
of the Wrangell group which owe their origin
largely to vulcanlsm There are many peaks
in this group but four because of excessive
altitude grandeur or activity demand special
attention
Mount 8anford the highest reaches aa
elevation of 14200 feet while Blackburn Is a
close second at 18140 feet Both of these
mountains are extinct volcanoes Mount
Wrangell Is a great flat dome 14000 feet
high and about 25 miles In diameter at Its
base It Is the only setive volcano of Inland
Alaska Its summit Is snow-covered but sur-
rounding the vent is a coating of ash renewed
Intermittently by rolling doude of emoke and
vapor which are sent up from the crater
Mount Drum also a volcanic cone but now
deeply directed though but 12000 feet high
la the moat Impressive one of the group Situ-
ated as It la well out In the Copper river
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counts and description! of these for--
tilled by photographs of the regions
are surh as to awaken a keen desire
in all lovers of nature to eee them
’ for themselves
The steamers running to Juneau
and Sksgwsy traverse a course which
Is yearly pronounced by hundreds
who take this trip aa the most scenic
upon the globe For a thousand miles
the steamer wlnda Its way through
tortuous and narrow passages the
waters of which are as smooth as a
mill pond while snow-capped peaks
Ice fields waterfalls and green slopes
pass In panoramic view before the
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The Coast Range of British Co-
lumbia and southeastern Alaska la
ad Irregular mats of mountains with
no definite crest line These moun-
tains may be - considered a general
1 northern extension of the highlands
which parallel the Pacific seaboard of
the United States Along the entire coast
from Seattle to 8kagway the sculpturing and
- general pbyslograhplc features of these moun-
tains are such as to make them of particular
Interest The broad smooth-sided Icecarved
valleys which subsequently were filled with
water due to the sinking of the entire region
- make a very Irregular coast-line marked by
numberless fiords many of which extend far
Inland
An archipelago of numberless islands tha
relief of which Is nearly equal to that of the
mainland fringes this entire coast line The
passages between these Islands are deep each
being remarkably uniform throughout Its en-
tire length The mountains of both the
Islands and mainland rise bold and precipi-
tous from the water’s edge to heights of from
6000 to 10000 feet
Many of the aide valleys exhibit to a
marked degree that physiographic characteris-
tic of glacial sculpturing— the hangldg vplley
Often la' seen some hundreds of feet above
tidewater the : broad symmetrically carved-U-shaped
shelf which colored by the ever-
greens makes a wonderful frame about the
' picture formed In the background by the cold
gray mountains with their snow-capped
peaks and lu the foreground the stream fed
by the melting snow and glaciers of the main
range plunging roaring' often cascading
down the precipitous face of the mountains
for hundreds of feet -
As the steamer glides past the entrance
of a fiord one catches s glimpse of s group of
white buildings nestled - st the- base of the
'mountains whsre tha ‘ sparkling mlrror-llk
waters of ths Inlet meet the precipitous
evergreen slopes -Ah exclamation of amaxe-
meat at the beauty of tbs picture Is well nigh
irrepressible These buildings are simply one -group
of which there are acoree along tha
southern coast making- one of the greatest of
‘Alaska’s Industries the canning of salmon
' TLsrs are approximately goo 000000 cans of
salmon sent from Alaska each season
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tlon of -southeastern Alaska Is the southern
terminus of the White Pass A Yukon rail-
road which la the connecting link between
the Pacific ocean and the Yukon river the
great artery of central Alaska This railroad
la one of the Interesting engineering accom-
plishments of the age Starting at tidewater
it follow the valley bottom of the Skagway
river for about three miles and then gradu-
ally climbs the precipitous sides winding In
and out ot the smaller side valleys and can-
yons frequently crossing them until 13 miles
In a direct line from the starling point it
crosses the Coast Range at the White Pass
2888 feet above the sea On the northern
aide the range slopes gently to the great In-
terior plateau thus making the grade of the
road from the pass to Whitehorse the north-
ern terminus very alight the elevation of the
latter place being 2084 feet
A trip to the westward from Skagway may
take one either by Sitka or through Icy strait
and Cross sound If the former Is taken an
opportunity Is given for viewing Mount
Edgecumbe the only recognised volcano In -southeastern
Alaska Situated as It la Juat
off the coast ita dome-shaped summit covered
with snow It adds much to the beauty of the
surroundings of Sitka which lg one of the
moat picturesque spots on the globe
If the more frequented route through Cross
sound Is tsken the progress of the steamer -will
undoubtedly be greatly hampered by
winding Its way through the watera thickly
atrewn with floating cakes of Ice These ice-
bergs are supplied by the Urge glaciers In the
‘ vicinity the Johns Hopkins Muir and Brady
glaciers and many others each being large
Ice-sheets covering hundreds of square miles
discharge Into Glacier bay which opens to
the eounfi -
- tt Ellas Mountains
From ’Cross sound westward the mountains
Increase In height and grandeur The Fair
weather - mountains rite abruptly from the -ocean
to helghU of over 13000 feet while
farther to the westward the range Increases -In
elevation until at Mount 8L Ellas and
lowing the crest of the
mountains -SC
Elias while not the
highest In the group has
become the most widely
known because of the
numerous attempts to
climb It I C Russell
of the United States ge-
ological survey made
two attempt to reach
the top One of the ex-
peditions' of which he
was the leader was
financed by the National
Geographic society Hla
narrative of one of these
expeditions was printed
l in the National Geo-
graphic Magazine In May 1891- The harrowing
experience la related of two dayi alone on the
snow-clad aides of the mountain at an elevation
of 14000 feet while a fierce bllxxard raged and
many feet of nwe snow were added to the old
Russell waa unsuccessful in hla attempt
to reach the summit but bis auggestlona as
to the advisable route in an ascent gave auch
accurate and valuable Information to - those
who followed that the Duke of Abruzzl ac-
companied by guides profiting by hla advice
succeeded in reaching the summit In 1897
While but 18000 feet In height Mount St
Elias as well as McKinley and many other
Alaskan mountains presents difficulties to the
mountaineer not usually encountered Unlike
the majority of difficult peaks which have
been conquered where the first few thousand
feet of altitude are traversed over roads or
trails the entire 18000 feet demand extreme
exertion and present many obstacles to be
overcome The Journey throughout Its entire
length being over glaciers tbe unique problem
of combining arctic exploration with mountain
climbing la experienced
Glaciers and finew Fields
Tbe eaetern part especially tbe coastal
slope of the St Ellas and Falrweather ranges
fa the only portion of Alaakn which heart out
the popular belief that the territory la cov-
ered with Ice and anow Here In the high
mountains there are many Alpine glactera and
snow fields but the Malacplna glacier la the
plain with nothing to detract from Its
grandeur its Isolation commands the
observer's undivided attention
Mucb of the Wrangell range la covered
with Ice and perennial snow forming long
finger-llke Alpine glaciers
On the north west and south sides of the
group the melting snow and Ice of the gla-
ciers form the tributaries of the Copper river
which (lows southward through the Copper
river baeln and brooks through the Chugach
mountains at about longitude 143 degrees for
tbe most part In a narrow canyon- Thou'
the Copper river In stretches Is very swift and
dangerous it serves aa a rdiite of approach to
the Inland gold and copper fields The can-
yons and rapids ot the lower river though
serious obstacles to navigation have not pre-
vented the use of this route
The Advent of Railways
The onward march of civilization and de-
velopment which has opened up our western
states so wonderfully Is steadily at work In
Alaska Already the screech of the locomo-
tive has broken the silence of the mountain
fastnesses startling tbe mountain goats sid
sheep from their haunts among the jagged
spurs along the canyons ’ The Copper river
railroad la being steadily advanced against the
most difficult of engineering obstacles It fol-
lows the valley of tbe river crossing It twice
to the present point of Ita construction and
another crossing will be made If the present
rate of progresss continues the road will soon
reach the base of the Wrangell mountains
and thus make It possible to develop the cop-
per deposits of that field About 200 miles
to the west of the Copper river from Resur-
rection bay northward through a low pass In
the Kenal mountains tbe Alaska Central rail-
road company has commenced to build a line
to the coal fields of the Matanuska valley and
Is contemplating an extension up the valley
ot the Suaitna across a low pass In tbe Alaska
rango to Fatrbanka on the Tanana river and
the renter of a large placer district
The Alaska range stretches from little-
explored region in the vicinity of Lake Clark
west of Cook Inlet northward for 100 miles or
more' then trends gradually eastward Increas-
ing In altitude until In Mount McKinley It
attaint the remarkable height of 20300 feet
It la broken by gaps 2400 feet and 3000 feet
above sea level The eastern end of the
range rises again until at Mount Hayea an
elevation ot 13800 feet la reached
Words ail to express one’s Impression of
largest single Ice field and indeed the moat ' the Alaska range when viewed under favor
extensive on the North American continent
This great piedmont glacier spreads out over
the coastal pialn presenting a front of 85
miles to the sea and Including the neve fields
which feed It covers an area of 8000 square
miles
This Ice field Is most vividly described by
Russell who viewed It from the upper slopes
ot Mount St Ellas as "a vast snow-covered
region Kmltleas In expanse through which
hundreds ' and probably thousands ot barren
angular peaks project There waa not a
stream not n lake not a vestige ot vegetation
In sight A more d isolate or more utterly
able circumstance In 189k while making a
trip through ths Talkeetna mountains ths
writer bad such an opportunity ax la rarely
experienced Hit view waa from aa elevation
of about 2600 feet on the foothills on ths
western slope of the Talkeetna group The
day wax perfect not cloud could be seen la
the heavens Below lay the brocl level val-
ley of the Busltua river beauUT'JIy carpeted
In the deep green of the conifsrae while bate
and there a shining patch ot ltjht outlining n
lake broke - the monotony and through ths
center ot tt all ths Suaitna wound like a silver
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Induced to take Cardul the woman’s
tonic' and It helped me n great deaL
X certainly believe If tt bad not been
for Cardul and Thedford’a Elack-
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stead of having tbe blessing of health
1 love a dollar but I have never
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n bottle of Cardul I could tell n great
deal more and not get tired I recom-
mend It to all my friends for I am
sure It will cure others as It has me”
Remember that Cardul ts n vege-
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medicinal ingredients which bulll ep
vitality tons up ths nerves and
strengthen the womanly constitution
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Simpson, R. H. Chickasaw Capital. (Tishomingo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1909, newspaper, October 28, 1909; Tishomingo, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2043595/m1/3/?q=Lincoln+School: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.