Alaska early 1900's settlers

today's post after a long break i must admit, is about an album salvaged a week ago  all about early settlers in Alaska around 1910 and the little town of Cordova .A rare look at what was Americans life on the last real frontier.The gold discoveries and people rushing north led the U.S. Army to return to Alaska and establish six posts to maintain order. These posts were complete communities. Around the posts, communities grew, providing goods and services.When the posts were closed down, the local communities declined. This same pattern occurred during and after World War II and the Cold War.
Starting construction in 1900, the U.S. Army built Alaska's first significant road and a telegraph system. The Trans-Alaska Military Road went from Valdez north and east to Fort Egbert, the army's headquarters near Eagle on the Yukon. The Army constructed a 1,900 mile long telegraph to connect the six army posts. Along the telegraph routes, small communities grew around telegraph stations and roadhouses were built to serve workers and travelers, including the U.S. mail carriers.
Several private companies built railroads after the gold discoveries. Seward was founded as the southern end for a road that would cross the Kenai Peninsula and then head north to Fairbanks. Cordova was the seaport end for the railroad to bring the rich Kennecott copper out of the Wrangell Mountains. Stations along these routes grew into small towns.

ONCE IN LIFETIME .....WW1 USN DENIM SET

complete set with period correct watch cap 

single back pocket

buttoned fly

side pleats under the belt to add some room

cinch back

back pocket

1913

1922

As some of you might have noticed, i've been a little more than absent  lately ,not a lack of inspiration here bust mostly  a lack of time as i've been working on a big project that i'll be probably talking about on a later post .....But today,as a comeback special and as a follow up on an earlier post about USN denim jumper, i'd like to share with you,what is probably my most cherished piece of US NAVY vintage :complete set of pre WW1 denims. Such combo can be found as far as 1913 up to 1922 when the pull over jumper was replaced by the now famous buttoned front jumper .this 100 years old set is in an amazingly rare condition,considering the fact that such a set was considered as disposable and almost all of them ended up in the" rag bag" at some point of their life .i've forgotten to mention that it's a wearable size to boot.......