Raiders from Siberia -- Russians occupy the land -- Slaughter of the innocents: 1784 saw seal herds all but annihilated -- I am a walrus -- Old man of the sea -- Aliaska under military rule: Prosperity visits Aliaska -- Gregorii Ivanovich Shelekov -- Cruelty with salvation -- Valley of 10,000 Smokes -- Karluk was typical fur station -- Fur company hold strengthened -- Fighting for fur -- Trouble on all fronts: Sitka-city of hope -- Land of waste and want -- Priests had the power -- Plenty of skins-little grain -- Trading with the world -- Baranov dies at sea -- Father Duncan comes to Metlak-Alta -- Threats come from the south -- Cable comes through the wilderness -- Alaska changes flags: Down comes the Double Eagle -- New law of the North -- Natives no more -- Place forlorn -- Forbidden sealers on the hunt -- Flag protected natives' lives -- Seal herd on increase -- New methods make better furs -- Siren call of gold -- Sleeping giants: Mission accomplished -- Mercy ship of the North -- Reindeer to the rescue -- Education meant work -- Gunboat disturbs peace -- Hunters find paradise -- New industry in North -- Gold in the virgin land -- Rush to Juneau -- Gold! Gold! Gold!: Seattle business boomed -- Carmack party found first Klondike gold -- Pass to Pandemonium -- Back door to riches -- "Here we are...Where are we? -- Spell of the Yukon -- Gold deposit...Why and where -- On to Nome: Gold rush country -- Rocking for riches -- Sand ran red -- Many never left the ships -- Explorer Amundsen returns -- "Hundred Days' War" -- Nome was home to Billy Mitchell -- Lush country but lax attitude -- Alaska in the new century : U.S. public discovers Alaska -- Summer was tourist time -- Benny's flag -- "When do we get help?" -- Natural gas in Alaska -- Comes the war -- Resources unlimited...but- -- Anchorage-Boomtown -- Growing season short-but sweet -- Highway to the North -- Airfields developed -- Military front -- Dew line established -- Alaska's garden spot -- Railroad aided Alaska's growth -- Wildlife haven -- Appealing for statehood -- From bush pilot to airline -- Will airplanes replace dogs? -- Big game hunters' paradise -- New day for steamships -- Stikine River country -- Economy built on fish -- Cordova's future bright.