Frank Carlson Library

A pictorial history of Alaska, from its purchase by the United States in 1867 through 1912, chronicling the exploration of the wilderness, the discovery of gold, and the development of the whaling, fishing, and fur industries.

History of the building and development of railroads in the western United States.

Portrays the people and times, the drama and danger of the developing frontier in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century United States.

The story of the early Western Explorers who carved their trails through the old west.