Naske, Claus M.
Recent Submissions
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The Fortymile CountryThe Alaska Native Settlement Claims Act of 1971 directed the Secretary of the Interior to study the Fortymile River for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. As the study of the Fortymile River commenced, it became readily apparent that a primary value of the river and its basin was its historical resource. It was known that the Fortymile country played a significant role in the development of Alaska; but no where could be found a concise narrative which placed the Fortymile into a historical perspective with the rest of Alaska. Thus, the purpose of this report: to identify the historical resource of the Fortymile River basin for input into the wild and scenic river study.
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Alaska's Inclusion in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, The Work of the Bureau of Public Roads and The Transition to StatehoodThis is the continuation of a research project which I undertook several years ago for DOT&PF. I delivered the final report in June, 1983, entitled Alaska Road Commission Historical Narrative. Subsequently, the Alaska Historical Commission provided an editing and a pre-publication grant. The University Press of America, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland accepted the revised manuscript for publication and it was published in November 1986 entitled Paving Alaska's Trails: The Work of the Alaska Road Commission. The present report continues the narrative from 1956 to 1959.