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Joe and Celia Beetus are interviewed by Marla Bryson and Bill Schneider in Hughes, Alaska on February 19, 2003 [video recording]
Title:
Joe and Celia Beetus are interviewed by Marla Bryson and Bill Schneider in Hughes, Alaska on February 19, 2003 [video recording]
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[video recording]
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Physical Description:
1 digital videorecording (120 min.) : digital.
General Note:
This interview is copyrighted by the Oral History Program. For information about use, please consult the "Copyright Information" statement at the bottom of the interview page. To get to the interview page, click on the link at the bottom of this record.
Event Note:
Recorded on February 19, 2003 in Hughes, Alaska.
Abstract:
Joe and Celia Beetus talk about Alfred Isaac, how the village of Hughes started, Harry Butler, Albert Talbot's mining claims, people coming in for gold mining, Arctic City on the Koyukuk River, Bishop Rowe from Tanana baptizing everybody, Episcopal church at Allakaket, Sam Dubin, the store at Alatna, Dutch Larson, Johnny Oldman, gold discovery in Wiseman, working on the pipeline, Frank Sampson, working at 5 Mile camp at Yukon beach, and working with heavy equipment on the pipeline.