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The life and times of John W. Clark of Nushagak, Alaska, 1846-1896 / John B. Branson.

Branson, John B. (Author). Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Agency : U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary:

"John W. Clark (1846-1896) was one of the first Euroamerican residents of Alaska, arriving at St. Michael with the Western Union Telegraph Company Russo-American Expedition to build a worldwide telegraph line in 1866. He was a distinguished trader on the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Nushagak Rivers between 1868 and 1896. Clark lived at Nushagak nearly twenty years and was a founder of the world-renowned Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishing industry. He was an entrepreneurial fur trader and merchant and likely the first English speaking resident of the Bristol Bay region. Clark was a close friend of the Native people of western Alaska and traveled widely about the region by dogsled and baidarka. He married and established a large extended family in western Alaska."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780979643262
ISBN: 0979643260
Physical Description: xiii, 249 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Anchorage, Alaska : Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Shipping list no.: 2012-0282-P.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Timeline of the life of John W. Clark -- The Western Union Telegraph Company Russo-American expedition, 1866-1867 -- The Alaska Commercial Company and Trading on the Yukon River, 1868-1874 -- Clark trades on the Kuskokwim River, 1874-1868 -- Clark becomes ensconced on Nushagak Bay, 1879 -- The U.S. Signal Service-Smithsonian years in Nushagak, 1881-1885 -- The demise of Charles McKay and his legacy of scientific inquiry -- The Moravian missionaries arrive at Nushagak Bay in 1884, and the Dawn of the Bristol Bay canned salmon industry -- Clark marries, and rival churches spar, 1887 -- Clark and the Bristol Bay Commercial salmon industry -- Clark and the Wood River fish trap -- The Alaska Commercial Company and Trader Clark -- Clark and the naming of Lake Clark, 1890-1891 -- The last years of John W. Clark of Nushagak -- Clark's contribution to Alaska history.