Mary Hansen: trailbreaker
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Mary Hansen became the first woman to enter the Fairbanks Carnival Dog Derby in 1937 when she took the place of her sick husband. She vowed that if she did not finish last she would enter again. She did not, so she entered the following two years, finishing sixth and seventh.
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
Behavior, Sled dog racing, Hansen, Mary
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
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Bethel Puhl: mosquito taxidermist
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Puhl makes souvenirs by embalming mosquitos and placing the in paperweights, key chains and earrings. She has several different kinds of resin for embalming different flowers and bugs, but will not reveal what she feeds the pests to fatten them before she kills them.
Publisher: Alaska Publishing Properties Inc.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
Alaska, Puhl, Bethel
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 1992
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