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Copper Spike by Lone E Janson Soft Cover Copper River & Northwestern Ry CR&NW
The Copper Spike by Lone E Janson
Soft Cover
175 pages
Copyright 1975 THIRD PRINTING 1979 NAME WRITTEN on cover and first page, cover creased.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Valdez, Cordova and Katalla 1
PART TWO
SNOOSE, OVERALLS,
WHISKEY AND SNOWBALLS
Construction of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway 69
PART THREE
COAL, POLITICS AND RAILROADS 107
PART FOUR
THE CR&NW- CAN'T RUN AND NEVER WILL 135
APPENDIXES 167
INDEX 171
ON THE BACK COVER:
In 1975 the trans-Alaska pipeline is the headline story, the focus of attention in Alaska. But way back in 1905 to 1911 there was another Alaska construction job that was comparable in magnitude and interest. The building of a railroad up the Copper River, from tidewater to the rich copper mines at Kennicott, was an epic event that pitted gang against gang in pitched battles over rights-of-way. There were herculean struggles to overcome natural obstacles, including the building of a bridge where experts said none could be built. Michael A. Heney, the "Irish Prince," was the man whose vision and know-how made the railroad possible, but he did not live to see its completion.
Lone E. Janson, who now lives in Anchorage but for many years was the waterfront reporter for The Cordova Times, combined extensive library research with dozens of "I was there" interviews to put together this engrossing story, THE COPPER SPIKE.
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