The life and times of John W. Clark of Nushagak, Alaska, 1846-1896
By: John B. Branson
Contributors: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Agency : U.S.)
Series: Research/resources management report NPS/AR/CRR-2012-77; Research/resources management report (Anchorage, Alaska) -- AR/CRR-2012-77.
Publisher: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780979643262
Subjects: Salmon fishing; Fur traders; Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867); History
Description: "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.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2012-0282-P

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline of the life of John W. Clark; title: The Western Union Telegraph Company Russo-American expedition, 1866-1867; title: The Alaska Commercial Company and Trading on the Yukon River, 1868-1874; title: Clark trades on the Kuskokwim River, 1874-1868; title: Clark becomes ensconced on Nushagak Bay, 1879; title: The U.S. Signal Service-Smithsonian years in Nushagak, 1881-1885; title: The demise of Charles McKay and his legacy of scientific inquiry; title: The Moravian missionaries arrive at Nushagak Bay in 1884, and the Dawn of the Bristol Bay canned salmon industry; title: Clark marries, and rival churches spar, 1887; title: Clark and the Bristol Bay Commercial salmon industry; title: Clark and the Wood River fish trap; title: The Alaska Commercial Company and Trader Clark; title: Clark and the naming of Lake Clark, 1890-1891; title: The last years of John W. Clark of Nushagak; title: Clark's contribution to Alaska history.