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Bayers, Lloyd H., 1911-1968 Captain Lloyd H. “Kinky” Bayers Collection, 1898-1967

MS 10

Alaska Historical Files

asl.historical@alaska.gov 907 465-2925

PO Box 110571 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0571

NAMES, GEOGRAPHICBoard of --etc.

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,--MJ:.i:l.4a-1-1-p.:e-I-s~--a-fld-ne-&p-SEfU-i-i"Te-l-Bay-en-Y:a-k:e b1-I-s-l-ana:-c.--Squirrel BaYl Soapstone Cove; (Soloma Pt. in LlslansklInlet) Takanis peak and Takanis Peninsula. etc.

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NAMESOF PLACES IN ALASKAOdd and Unusual

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NANAIMO, B.C.

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NANIA!.:O HER.l'Album~ British ColurJbia. (old town)

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i) Old blockhouse} and PErt of har-bor- with several.... old sailing ships anchored .

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAG.,, - -"

L. Get either Oct, Noy. or Dec. 1913 issue for plots. ofS.E.Alaska taken at that time.

1. 1914 Jan. Ju~y2, 1915 Apr,3· 1916'I. 19175· 19136. 1919 I.lay Sept.7. 19208. 19219· 192210. 1923 May, Sept.11. 1924 Jan, Mar.12. 1925 Apr. OCt.1~. 1926 Jan, Feb. May, Dec.1 • 1927 May, Oct.15. 1928 Jan, Mar. Oct. Dec.16. 1929 Jan. May, Sept. Dec.

1::17. 1930 Mar. (2) May J Sept. Nov.

18. 1931 Sept. Nov. 4l. iI:~!p4(Com. but no19· 1932 Dec. double for Aug.20. 193~ Feb. July, 42. 1955 Complete and21. 1934 Sept. Oct. Nov. double to Mar. and22; 1935 Jan. AUi!. single from there23· 1936 July, Aug. on. (Clarice died)24. 1937 Mar.25. 1931$ Oct.26. 19~ July27. 1925. 1941 Aug.29· 1942 JUly30. 19\131• 194 Aug. Dec.32 1945 May, Aug.33. 1946 ,34. 1947 Apl1. Oct. Nov.35. 1941$ Complete36. 1949 Complete (Double Jan. Feb. Nov. Dec ,)37. 1950 Complete (All doubled but. Sept.)35. 1951 Complete ~All doubled but Apt. July, Oct. Dec.39. 1952 Complete All doubled)40. 1953 Complete (All doubled!

NENANAHub city of Interior

_PATH£1NDEILlwr. 192,.,1 ,-;--,------,------,---,-;-_:;;- __ ::-;-__ -:-Nenana situated on south bank of the Tanana River, at

-t rre-cunf-l"rre-rrc-e-CJr--ttr~t-st"!'~·,ltil-nre-M-elTEfffa r'1ver B.na-rSat the_head.-af a11- summan, ...naJLig!~tJ__Oll-f..ox....-larg.e_c.tmf..t-O.f.l.-t.hcrivEr.

,----4(!'lh"e<Tn,.-,.;ena\Vas-rmIffd:ed by t1fErA""1askan Engfnnering ammoin..-.l.9~.6..,-...as-a_aec_es.sa~ar_t o.f-the-pla..n-o~al~.r-Oad-c0_f.l.__struction. It is governed jointly (1920) by a townsitemanager apponteuDy tne CamillIssion and a BOflrd()1' Town'I'nu.s.t.ee.sc.e.Iec.t.ed by_the-pe_ople-. _

See page 9 in PATHFINDER Apr. 1921 "William EganKiTI:eainST"lae" on un. a r-. 2'r,-TCj2r--( gnow slide at

Sh.oup.-G.laG..1.-fl.-r,.......w.nee.e-1:J..e Wa-8-W0 pki ng:--te.p-t-l:1e 'V-a.-1-de-z-GEhla--Co. He and 3 other men were all burried alive but theother three were rescued. He has been a resident of-¥-al-de-z s-i nc-e--±9G3-. --Surv-i ved by-w i-f-e-a--nd1'-e-h1:±-dre'n'c,---Clinton, Emmet, Ethel, Alaska,_ Alice. William and Lr:nn~ne was born in Sumner, Iowa, Jan, 29, 1367.

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NENANA Interio~ Alaska town.1/25/1-930 Hoepa trs-L and-recno-e-l- et-N-enanR- b-urn-- l-os-s-pl-a-e-e-d

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NEON____________ ~---~---~S=i,gns._llghting.-d(

See card on IISeattle" t.hLs file- ..... add that wh-enit firstcame out it was ballyhooed by Seattle P.I. as lit cou~dbe seen for miles and miles, and miles----even onfoggynights.

NEW ENGLAND FISH COMPANYEmp , 4/13/1920/6 Fishing vessel "Prospector" of NEFCm.has gone out to the grounds.Emp. 9/10/1921/6 N.E.F.Co. not to enter cannery businessas has been rumored •...

NEWSPAPERSAlaskan-------------

NOMEAlaskan town.

1. Small-pox; See Nome Daily News 7/12!-1900 (Cap t .Whi 'tney quar-arrtenad t_DD.

2. Rate War. Fares $15.00 to $25/00. N.D.N. 7/21/19003. Story of-fDay's Crime Wave' -N.D.News 7/31/19004. N~D.News 8!-6/1900tells of storm of 4th_and_5th:

out of 68 steam launches, 5 are still afloat; andof 72 barges only 7 remain afloat-.---

-- --5. Another storm at Nome 9/3/19006. Por~ Clarence <ex Bering City) swept by storm---all

---- but demoli~hed by-heavy-seas--.9!15/1900-------7. La~~staamarsle~veNoy. 8,-l9QO for__the·south._

'S. gt r-, "Albionll last et r-. to leave in 1899 (Nov. 3.)9-. First-great fYre. -See-Nbme-Ne1JsIl1ay 29, 1"901 --

10. Big storm at~ome-Sept. 12, 1900. $750,000 damages500 homele 58.

11. worse storm Oct. 10, 1902 but very littl,e damageas houses had. been movedoff-the-beach-.--

12.13. Some good Nome History back page N01~ NEWS 11/7/1902V.G. strange names of people in Nome page 3 of NOME

NEWS 11/18/1902Ice very late (6/13/1903) "Corwin" 1st. boat to come.storm at Nome 9/30/1901 Many craft blo~m ashore.Big fi.re'at Nome 7/7/1903; 3 lives and $110,000 damageWill tunnel Bering Straits. NOME NEWS 8/11/1903More good info on this proposed tunnel 9/29,1903Big fire; 45 business houses; $250,000 loss. 9/13/1905Copy of supolement to NOME NEWS Sept. 15, 1901 Fire.Prices at Council City--Copy of newspaper July 1901

All three 18, 19~ and 20 Envelope No.3.21. story and pict. of storm damage 1899 A.S. Aug. '5322. D.A.Disp. 10/7/1913 Big storm at Nome--worst in her

hlstory---even than storm of Nov. 2, 1910. the Strs.11Vlctorlan, "Corwin", and "Navajo" put out to ee e toride it out.

23. D.A.Disp. 12/30/1914 pp. 3, V.G. History of the BonVoyage or 'Jonah! Mine at Nome.

24. D.A.Disp. 10/29/1915 pp.7; Nome autoist fined forspeeding over 6 miles per hrt $15.00 susuended' his

1_. __ l_aw_y_e_r_c_l_a_i_m_e_d-=.g_e_a_r_s_w_o_n_'_t_l_e._t_i_f....::g~0_t~h~a_t_·_s_1_0_W_L_'_

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( 2) NOllEAlaskan town.

D.A.Dlsp. 3/4/1917 pp.3 Edltorlel Dlscoverles of "Nome..•Erik Lindblom and Lindenberg,etc. ment!oned. V.G.

D.A.Dlsp. 10/19/1899 Anvl1 Clty (Nome to the P.O.Dept.)rich gold strikes etc.ALASKA MINER 3/17/1900 True dlscovery of Nome was made by

an lndlan ln 1897, then ln July 1898 an Esklmo told H.S.Blake about gold on the beach.D.A.Disp. 8/9/1899, V.G. account (names of boats and awnerEin bad storm at Nome. .D.A.Dlsp. 10/4/1900 Storm at Nome from Sept. 1st to 8t~ ..

Str. u\'1.K.Merwinll total ltlreck----Schs. "Bequo t a" andItArthur Btl piled high on beach but not be d.Ly damage d •

D.A·.Dlsp. 6/24/1901 Blg ·fire at Nome on May 25th pr-actica-lly wiped out the business district. .ALASKA SPORTSMAN Oct. 1954 pp. 14---p1cts. (Gld) and stD~D.A.Dlsp. 9/19/1905 B1g flre at Nome today. 30 bu11dlngs

burn down. LOBB over $300,000.Emp. 3;3/1922/2 Blds called tor dredglng Nome harbor.

Emp. 3/6/1923 A Juneau boy, and the first white childborn in Nome, was shot and killed in Seattle as a nightpro~ler. Born Jan. 1, 1900. Nome J. Ginnivan, waskilled· by ~ night watchman when found prowling about theoffices of the City Dye Works. (His sister says he may \have been "c r a zy drunk' and got in the place by mi atake , ;

Emp. 11/23/1925 $100,000. fire at Nome in zero weather.Polet's Grocery etc. lost.ALASKA SPORTStlAN Feb. 1956. pp . 2l How Nome got its name.VG pict.' of Nome breakwater. pp. 6. A.S. Apr. 19563/30/1939 $50.000. fire hits Nome today. Nome Hotel and

NomeMotor Co. building goes I;lPin flame.7/12/1940/6 Nome popUlation 1550 (Was 1213 in 1930)

11/15/1940 John B. Harris, 69. First Mayor of Nome, diddtoday in Arkansas.See story of LeQn~Fd Seppala taking serum to" Nome during

the diptheria epidemic (NOTE BOOK No. 27; pp 3S) ,10/21/1946 "Cordova" saHs to Bering Sea ports.10/21/1946 3 kids bur-nto death in $100,000 fire at Nome

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NOMEAlaska town.

9/18/1934 Home ~'ipe:i Otlt b:r fil e--y-e-sterdaJl mor-rrrng-, wm-crrstnrted at 10:30 in a frame bUilding next door to theGolden North Hotel. Spread rapidly in brisk wind and

--Teport~~ed6 aIe homeless~ enly Lwu-btrS,~rTn",eCFBrESbUildings are left stRndln one a hotel. A few homes

I in the North end are still standing. This is the'.wpst-f-i-pc--B±fl-ec 190frwhen flames t-cotc-otrt five blocks-in the Northwestern neTt of the to n

~l);'l71 34 Offie rebuilding make wider streets and moveI 1so-vH'k--b-fte-k--f-rom the be-ach, e to.

6/12/1935 "Nor-uh Wind" first vessel to Nome this yCRr and'3.S."Vlctorian--rs-2nd.-r'l:t'l:o-j1:S"3'7 T err IT'"'1c"-g"'a"'Ioe"b e"".F"t r;;;e;=r"Os"Nno;;;m;;;e=-=w;:;;;o;:;r"OB+t--;;sTi;:;n;;c~ettTi;;d~all-~JaVe of 1911/12/193'7/8 Damages at Nome estimated at over $200 000.

~-~~ e ~ arm nst hit Nome also blew spr2Y 800rIIp the sides of King Islrnd and heavily iced the cllfr-houses of the natives.

110/30/1945 Gale hits Nome. Unalakleet leveled! S S. "North

SeB.II reportedly rode out storm in Gulf.10/31/1945 Nome damaged over a million dollars; storm.11/1/1945/S Nome damage greatly exaggerated.

K.Chron. 3/21/1937/3 Freak weather at Nome. A brownish.haze which turned pinkish and made all electric lightsseem a bright green in color for an hour between 17:00and lS:00

1/27/1949 For the first time in history a bont broughtmail to Nomein n;.ld-w1nter----The U.S.lSb1.&~>t:s ace-jar-eex e"Bur-t-on LeLand" arrived there this week. Averaged5 miles per day through the heavy Lc e •••

12/6/1950 Fire destroys North Pole Bnk er-y, Nor-heLms G1"i11and Scott y' e BRr.

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NOMEPhotos I etc. only_

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NORTHERN LIGHT SAurora Borealis

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NORTH PACIFIC EXPLORINGEXPEDITION

1854-55Exploratron and surveys weTS maqe i~ the NorttrPaclfl(

Aleutian islands, aering sea, and on the Bibftrian co~~t byU.S. naval officers in 1854 and 1855. The expedition wasundtrr- the co-mmand"of Capt. Cadwaldt?"r --Rl:"nggold, U:-S-:-N. -Ol!!lng to 111 health he gave IIp .t.he .command_t_u-Cap.t_o .IohnRodgers, who command the U.S.S. "vf.ncenne su , whj.Le Lieut.Wtlilam Bibson-ana Beverly Keririo-n were on-the-U. S. SOh."Fenimore cooce r-v. .Phe exoedi t.ton.u,s re.fe:c.r.e.Lto as theNorth Paciflc·Explorlng Expedition and also as the Ring-~old and Rodgers Expl~xped--:

NORTh POLEGeObraphlc North

_B.r_ •......J'..is,bin6 _ sch. '.!llo.n-E.e_Car-lo-.!l _c.o.:.l.ii.l.5-t.0- -lli'.!--VB- I'E'a.c.l;..e-d themagnetic N. pole .... cp , 6 Bock 44.

NORTHWESTERN FISHERIESEmp. 2/8/1922 N.W.Fisheries to operate 5 of their Alaska

canneries this season- __The ltSt Paull! will go to Chignik;The "Ben je mi n F. Pal3:lurrldII to Nushagak and the llGuy C.90ssl1 to Naknek.

NORTHWEST PASSAGEAbove Northern Canada

EMP-lRE: Aug. 30, .1954 McClure Strait neeo t re tedcr or- _first time by US Navy's "Burton Islandw and U.S.C.~."Nor-thwfnd" (-Aug. 11--21, lncuTsTve t-e:"""4) The Stra1ts

__ w.hLch_laY_Bbe.tveenRej.v ij ie andc.Bank e.c.LeLanda.c.La the __shortest all water route from the Atlantic to Pacific(Most-dire-at water passage across rolf of world)- Itconnects Arctic -Ocean -wl-th vf.scount Melville Sound.Comdr. Everett Trickey of Arlington Va. ~~¢on the"Bu r t on ld.1I and Capt. Wm. L. Maloney, of Bayside, Ls L,N.:Y_.~They didn't make the complete passage from the Pacific

to the Atlantic but went through and back from clearw-s-t.er to col-ear water- on Doth slaas- •.•

The older route farther north was first made 1n 1906See card in 3 x 5 files on IlFm.NOORAtl