First Climb of Mt. McKinley, Denali

This video segment is from the video Kantishna Hills Pioneers that is a Historical Documentation of the Gold Rush Era in 1905 in the Kantishna Hills of Alaska. Gold was discovered in the area as a result of Judge Wickersham leading an exploring party up the Kantishna River to make the first attempt to climb Mt. McKinley, Denali.
KANTISHNA HILLS PIONEERS is a 30min. DVD video Production. The Production was produced, written and edited by Ben Boyd, Special Projects Director, with narration by Tracy Snow, an Alaska Native. It was produced as a project of Doyon Tourism and Doyon Foundation. Video may be purchased by contacting: bboyd@doyon.com .More segments of this video can be seen at:
http://www.kantishnaroadhouse.com/history.htm

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Education

Tags:

• Denali National Park
• Mt. McKinley
• Denali
• mountain climbing
• Judge Wickersham
• Alaska history
• gold rush